Pyongdok Line

P'yŏngdŏk Line
Overview
Native name	평덕선(平德線)
Type	Heavy rail, Regional rail
Status	Operational
Locale	P'yŏngyang North Hwanghae South Pyŏngan North Pyŏngan
Termini	Taedonggang Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Stations	37
Operation
Opened	Stages between 1911-?
Owner	Korean State Railway
Operator(s)	Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length	190km (Estimated)
No. of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3000 V DC Catenary
Route map Legend P'yŏngŭi Line, P'yŏngnam Line P'yŏngyang (Pyongyang Metro) Taedong River 0.0 Taedonggang P'yŏngbu Line East P'yŏngyang 3.3‡ Sŏngyo-ri Closed Songsin 7.5‡ Sadong Closed ? 10.8‡ Mirim 16.7 Ch'ŏngryong ↑Pyongyang/Sŭngho↓ Myŏngdang Branch Rihyŏn 21.1 Ripsŏk-ri Taewŏn Kobi Branch Myŏngdang 23.3 Sŭngho-ri Kobi Mandal-li 31.3 Hwach'ŏn Kŭmok ↑Sŭngho/Kangdong↓ 39.2 Songga Taeri Branch 45.6 Samdŭng 4.8 Taeri 49.0 Hŭngryŏng 53.0 Sŏngnŭm 61.5 Kangdong ↑Kangdong/Sŏngch'ŏn↓ 69.5 Paegwŏn 76.0 Sundŏk Closed 78.7 Sŏngch'ŏn Piryu River 85.7 Samdŏk P'yŏngra Line 91.9 Sinsŏngch'ŏn P'yŏngra Line 99.3 Kŭmp'yŏng ↑Sŏngch'ŏn/Ŭnsan↓ 105.0 Wonch'ang Ryŏngdae Branch 7.1 Ryŏngdae 108.6 Kujŏng Chedong Branch 4.4 Chedong ↑Ŭnsan/Pukch'ang↓ 111.1 Songnam Ch'ŏngnyŏn Solgol Branch 4.4 Solgol 119.6 Kach'ang Sŏksan Branch Yangch'on Pukch'ang Ryongsan Kwanha Branch 2.6 Kwanha Okch'ŏn Myŏnghak Branch Kuhyŏn Ingp'o Branch 17.7 Sŏksan ↑Pukch'ang/Tŭkchang↓ 2.6 Myŏnghak Ingp'o Hoe'an ↑Pukch'ang/Tŏkch'ŏn↓ 140.3 Namdŏk Chenam Namdŏkch'ŏn Tŏngnam Branch 1.6 Tŏngnam Taedong River Tŏkch'ŏn Hyŏngbong Branch Sŏdŏkch'ŏn Sinsŏng Branch 4.0 Sinsŏng Hyangwŏn Ch'ŏlgisan Changsang Branch 1.9 Changsang Hoedun Branch Hoedun Sŏch'an Branch Hyŏngbong Sŏch'an Tuillyŏng ↑Tŏkch'ŏn/Kujang↓ Hamga Kudan Manp'o Line Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn Manp'o Line Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line

Pyongdok Line
Chosŏn'gŭl	평덕선
Hancha	平德線
Revised Romanization	Pyeongdeokseon
McCune–Reischauer	P'yŏngdŏksŏn

The P'yŏngdŏk Line is an electrified standard-gauge trunk line of the North Korean State Railway running from P'yŏngyang to Kujang on the Manp'o and Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'alwŏn lines.^[1]

On 21 October 2014 a groundbreaking ceremony for the Sŭngri ("Victory") project to modernise the P'yŏngnam Line from Namp'o to P'yŏngyang and the P'yŏngdŏk Line from P'yŏngyang to Chedong was held. The project, supported by Russia, is intended to form the first stage of a larger-scale cooperation with the Russian Railways as part of a 20-year development project that would modernise around 3,500 km of the North Korean rail network, and would include the construction of a north-south freight bypass around P'yŏngyang. The overall project cost is estimated to be around US $25 billion, and it is expected that exports of coal, rare earth and non-ferrous metals from the DPRK to Russia will provide the funding for the project.^[2]

History

Pyongyang Mine Line (평양탄광선/平壤炭鑛線)

The line was originally a national rail line and constructed as a branch of the Gyeongui Line. In 1911 the first section was opened and until 1918 the line was extended as follows:

Date	Section	Length
1 September 1911	P'yŏngyang–Sadong	10.1 km
5 May 1918	Sadong–Sŭngho-ri	15.8 km

West Chosen Central Railway

Since 1939 several sections was constructed by the private railway company, Sŏsŏn Central Railway Co. Ltd. (서선중앙철도, 西鮮中央鐵道) Sŏsŏn (西鮮) means the West Chosun. The line was extended until 1945 as follows:

Date	Section	Length
29 June 1939	Sŭngho-ri–Sŏngnŭm	29.6 km
10 November 1939	Sŏngnŭm–P'yŏngnam Kangdong	8.5 km
1 October 1941	Sinsŏngch'ŏn–Pukch'ang Kujŏng–Chedong	36.1 km 4.4 km
18 September 1942	P'yŏngnam Kangdong–Sinsŏngch'ŏn	30.3 km
28 December 1944	Pukch'ang–Okch'ŏn	5.9 km
15 May 1945	Okch'ŏn–Changan (Namdŏk)	6.4 km

Services

The following passenger trains are known to operate on this line:^[1]

• Semi-express trains 117/118, operating between Taedonggang and P'yŏnggang, run on this line between Taedonggang and Sinsŏngch'ŏn;
• Semi-express trains 138-139/140-141, operating between Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Changyŏn, run on this line between Kujang and Taedonggang;
• Regional trains 226-227/228-229, operating between Tŏkch'ŏn and P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn, run on this line between Tŏkch'ŏn and P'yŏngyang;
• Regional trains 231/232 operate between Taedonggang and T'ŏkch'ŏn;
• Regional trains 236-237/238-239, operating between Sariwŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn and T'ŏkch'ŏn, run on this line between Taedonggang and Tŏkch'ŏn;
• Local trains 302-303/304-305, operating between Sunan and Kangdong, run on this line between P'yŏngyang and Kangdong;
• Local trains 702/703 and 704/705, operate between East P'yŏngyang and Myŏngdang;
• Local trains 723/724 operate between Tŏkch'ŏn and Hyŏngbong;
• Local trains 781/782 operate between Tŏkch'ŏn and Kujang.

Route

A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
-2.6	P'yŏngyang	평양	P'yŏngŭi Line, P'yŏngnam Line
0.0	Taedonggang	대동강	P'yŏngbu Line
	East P'yŏngyang	동평양
	Songsin	송신
10.8	Mirim	미림
16.7	Ch'ŏngryong	청룡	Myŏngdang Branch
18.5	Ripsŏk-ri	립석리	Kobi Branch
23.3	Sŭngho-ri	승호리
	Mandal-li	만달리
31.3	Hwach'ŏn	화천
	Kŭmok	금옥
39.2	Songga	송가	Tŏksan Branch
45.7	Samdŭng	삼등	Taeri Branch
49.0	Hŭngryŏng	흑령
53.0	Sŏngnŭm	석름
61.5	Kangdong	강동
69.5	Paekwŏn	백원
78.7	Sŏngch'ŏn	성천
85.7	Samdŏk	삼덕
91.9	Sinsŏngch'ŏn	신성천	P'yŏngra Line
99.3	Kŭmp'yŏng	금평
105.0	Wŏnch'ang	원창	Ryŏngdae Branch
108.6	Kujŏng	구정	Chedong Branch
111.1	Songnam Ch'ŏngnyŏn	송남청년	Solgol Branch
119.6	Kach'ang	가창
	Pukch'ang	북창	Kwanha Branch, Sŏksan Branch
	Okch'ŏn	옥천
	Kuhyŏn	구현	Ingp'o Branch
	Hoe'an	회안
140.3	Namdŏk	남덕
	Chenam	제남
	Namdŏkch'ŏn	남덕천	Tŏngnam Branch
	Tŏkch'ŏn	덕천	Hyŏngbong Branch
	Hyangwŏn	향원	Changsang Branch
	Tuillyŏng	두일령
	Hamga	함가
	Kudan	구단
	Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn	구장청년	Manp'o Line, Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'alwŏn Line

Myŏngdang Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
	Ch'ŏngryong	청룡	P'yŏngdŏk Line
	Rihyŏn	리현
	Taewŏn	대원
	Myŏngdang	명당

Kobi Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
	Ripsŏk-ri	립석리	P'yŏngdŏk Line
	Kobi	고비

Tŏksan Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Songga	송가	P'yŏngdŏk Line
1.7	Tŏksan	덕산

Taeri Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Samdŭng	삼등	P'yŏngdŏk Line
4.8	Taeri	대리

Ryŏngdae Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Wŏnch'ang	원창	P'yŏngdŏk Line
7.1	Ryŏngdae	령대

Chedong Branch

Electrified. This branch was opened on 1 October 1941 together with the opening of the section Sinsŏngch'ŏn–Pukch'ang.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Kujŏng	구정	P'yŏngdŏk Line
4.4	Chedong	제동

Solgol Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Songnam Ch'ŏngnyŏn	성남 청년	P'yŏngdŏk Line
4.4	Solgol	솔골

Kwanha Branch

Not electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Pukch'ang	북창	P'yŏngdŏk Line, Sŏksan Branch
2.6	Kwanha	관하

Sŏksan Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
	Pukch'ang	북창	P'yŏngdŏk Line, Kwanha Branch
	Yangch'on	양촌
	Ryongsan	룡산
	Tŭkchang	득장	Myŏnghak Branch
17.7	Sŏksan	석산

Myŏnghak Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Tŭkchang	득장	Sŏksan Branch
2.6	Myŏnghak	명학

Ingp'o Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
	Kuhyŏng	구형	P'yŏngdŏk Line
	Ingp'o	잉포

Tŏngnam Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Namdŏkch'ŏn	남덕천	P'yŏngdŏk Line
1.6	Tŏngnam	덕남

Hyŏngbong Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
	Tŏkch'ŏn	덕천	P'yŏngdŏk Line
	West Tŏkch'ŏn (Sŏdŏkch'ŏn)	서덕천	Sinsŏng Branch
	Ch'ŏlgisan	철기산	Hoedun Branch, Sŏch'an Branch
	Hyŏngbong	형봉

Sinsŏng Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	West Tŏkch'ŏn (Sŏdŏkch'ŏn)	서덕천	Hyŏngbong Branch
4.0	Sinsŏng	신성

Hoedun Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
	Ch'ŏlgisan	철기산	Hyŏngbong Branch, Sŏch'an Branch
	Hoedun	회둔

Sŏch'an Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
	Ch'ŏlgisan	철기산	Hyŏngbong Branch, Hoedun Branch
11.6	Sŏch'an	서찬	distance from Tŏkch'ŏn

Changsang Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Hyangwŏn	향원	P'yŏngdŏk Line
1.9	Changsang	장상

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/news/asia/single-view/view/north-korea-launches-victory-railway-upgrading.html

• Japanese Government Railways (1937), 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, p 486