Pyongra Line

P'yŏngra Line
Overview
Native name	평라선(平羅線)
Type	Heavy rail, Passenger/Freight Inter-city rail, Regional rail
Locale	P'yŏngyang South Pyŏngan South Hamgyŏng North Hamgyŏng Rasŏn
Termini	P'yŏngyang Rajin
Stations	135
Operation
Opened	Stages between 1916-1965
Owner	Korean State Railway
Operator(s)	Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length	819 km
No. of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3000 V DC Overhead line
Route map Legend P'yŏngŏk Line 0.0 P'yŏngyang (Metro P'yŏngnam Line 4.7 West P'yŏngyang 11.1 Sŏp'o Ryongsŏng Line 19.0 Kalli Sijŏng Sijŏng Branch P'yŏngŭi Line P'yŏngyang-Hŭichŏn Motorway 27.2 Chungi Ryongsŏng Line Tongbuk-ri 31.6 Paesanjŏm ↑P'yŏngyang/P'yŏngsŏng↓ 36.1 P'yŏngsŏng 42.4 Ponghak ↑P'yŏngsŏng/Sunch'ŏn↓ 50.1 Chasan 58.4 Sunch'ŏn Manp'o Line Taedong River 61.9 Sillyŏnp'o Taegŏn Branch 2.1 Taegŏn ↑Sunch'ŏn/Ŭnsan County↓ Ŭnsan Line Changsŏn'gang Maebŏn Branch Changsŏn'gang Branch 67.9 Ŭnsan Maebŏn 72.5 Suyang 78.1 0.0 Sinch'ang Ch'ŏnsŏng Branch 7.5 Mangil-li 9.2 Ch'ŏnsŏng 86.6 Sudŏk ↑Ŭnsan/Sŏngch'ŏn↓ P'yŏngdŏk Line 94.8 Sinsŏngch'ŏn P'yŏngdŏk Line 102.9 Kŏhŭng 107.6 Changrim ↑Sŏngch'ŏn/Sinyang↓ 115.6 Sinyang 121.0 Inp'yŏng 127.0 Chisu ↑Sinyang/Yangdŏk↓ 135.0 Yangdŏk 142.8 Naedong 148.4 Sŏkt'ang Onch'ŏn 156.9 Kŏch'a ↑Yangdŏk/Sudong↓ 162.9 Ch'ŏn'ŭl 169.2 Un'gok ↑Sudong/Yodŏk↓ 174.4 Yodŏk ↑Yodok/Sudong↓ 185.7 T'oryŏng Munp'yŏng 193.7 Sŏngnae Kowŏn T'an'gwang Line Tunjŏn 199.3 P'alhŭng 204.0 Ch'ukchŏn ↑Sudong/Kowŏn↓ 198.0 Midun Panghwa Closed 217.0 Puraesan Kangwŏn Line 223.7 Kowŏn 228.7 Hyŏnhŭng ↑Kowŏn/Kŭmya↓ 236.1 Kŭmya P'ungnam Branch 8.7 P'ungnam 244.5 Inhŭng 251.8 Pŏmp'o 259.4 Kŭmsa ↑Kŭmya/Chŏngp'yŏng↓ 263.8 Munbong 268.7 Sinsang 275.5 Pup'yŏng 285.2 Chŏngp'yŏng ↑Chŏngp'yŏng/Hamju↓ 293.4 Hamju Chusŏ ↑Hamju Sŏngch'ŏn River ↓Hamhŭng Sinhŭng Line 305.6 Hamhŭng Hamhŭng Classification Yard ↑Hamhŭng/Hŭngnam↓ Ryŏnghŭng Branch Vinalon Branch 8.3 Ryŏnghŭng 314.4 Ch'anghŭng Vinalon Sŏngch'ŏngang Unjung Ryongsŏng Hŭngnam Port Ryongsŏng Branch 321.0 Hŭngnam Sŏho Line 323.6 Sŏho 328.1 Majŏn ↑Hamhŭng/Ragwŏn↓ Sinjung 337.8 Ryŏho 342.0 Ragwŏn 347.3.6 Sep'o-ri 355.1 Samho ↑Ragwŏn/Hongwŏn↓ 363.2 Ryongun 368.2 Hongwon 374.2 Kyŏngp'o 381.6 Unp'o ↑Hongwŏn/Sinp'o↓ 387.5 P'ung'ŏ 394.0 Sinp'o 400.0 Yanghwa ↑Sinp'o/Kŭmho↓ 407.1 Kangsang-ri Uiho Closed 414.1 Sokhu ↑Kŭmho/Pukch'ŏng↓ Tŏksŏng Line 423.0 Sinbukch'ŏng 428.4 Kyŏngan 436.6 Kŏsan 441.7 Kŏnja ↑Pukch'ŏng/Riwŏn↓ 3.0 Riwŏn Ch'ŏlsan Closed Riwŏn Branch Closed 445.5 0.0 Rahŭng 448.8 0.0 Chŭngsan Ch'aho Branch Closed 4.9 Ch'aho Closed 455.6 Songdan 459.0 Riwŏn 468.1 Ssangam 473.1 Kokku 478.0 Kiam ↑Riwŏn/Tanch'ŏn↓ 483.9 Sindanch'ŏn Tuŏn Branch 489.0 0.0 Omong-ri Hŏch'ŏn Line 4.2 Tuŏn 494.2 Tanch'ŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn Munam Tuŏn Branch 502.8 Yŏhaejin Kŭmgol Line 510.0 Ryongdae 516.8 Ilsin ↑Tanch'ŏn/Kimch'aek↓ 524.8 Manch'un 530.2 Ssangryong 536.6 Kimch'aek 542.9 Changp'yŏng 545.6 Haksŏng 550.0 Songsang 557.4 Ŏbŏk 563.3 Wonp'yŏng ↑Kimch'aek/Kilju↓ Ilt'an Branch 573.3 Rodong Il'tan 578.9 Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line 586.4 Kŭmsong 590.5 Onsup'yŏng ↑Kilju/Myŏngch'ŏn↓ Sinmyŏngch'ŏn Branch 596.6 0.0 Myŏngch'ŏn 4.3 Sinmyŏngch'ŏn ↑Myŏngch'ŏn/Myŏnggan↓ 605.3 Naep'o 609.8 Ryongban 613.8 Sangryongban 618.3 Ryongdong 623.1 Samhyang 626.4 Kŭktong 632.9 Chomaksan ↑Myŏnggan/Ŏrang↓ 643.7 Ponggang 652.5 Ŏdaejin 661.8 Ŏrang ↑Ŏrang/Kyŏngsŏng↓ 671.4 Ryonghyŏn Taehyang Branch Taehyang 678.6 Kyŏngsŏng 683.2 Saenggiryŏng 691.3 Sŭngam (Former Kyŏngsŏng) ↑Kyŏngsŏng/Ch'ŏngjin↓ 699.6 Ranam Namgangdŏk Kangdŏk Line 707.6 Songp'yŏng 710.0 Sunam Ch'ŏngjinhang Branch Ch'ŏngjin Port 712.7 Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn 715.8 Panjuk Closed Hambuk Line Ch'ŏngam 723.7 Kŭmbawi Sŭngwŏn Ryŏnjin Sagu Pugŏ Samhae Kwanghae Raksan Pangjin ↑Ch'ŏngjin/Rasŏn↓ Huch'ang Myŏngho Rajinhang Branch Rajin Port 819.0 Rajin Hambuk Line

Pyongra Line
Chosŏn'gŭl	평라선
Hancha	平羅線
Revised Romanization	Pyeongraseon
McCune–Reischauer	P'yŏngrasŏn

The P'yŏngra Line is an electrified standard-gauge trunk line of the North Korean State Railway running from P'yŏngyang to Rajin, where it connects with the Hambuk Line, as well as the Hongui Line that runs to Khasan, Russia.^[1] It is North Korea's main northeast-southwest rail line.

History

P'yŏngwon Line

Hamgyŏng Line

Ch'ŏngra Line

The line was a standard gauge rail line of 'the Government Railways of Chosun (朝鮮総督府鉄道)' which ran from Ch'ŏngjin to Rajin. On 1 February 1945 the first section Ch'ongjin–Ch'ongam (Kŭmbawi) was opened,^[2] however the open of the rest section could not be realized until the end of the Second World War.

After the end of the Korean War the line was constructed with the support of People's Republic of China and Soviet Union. On 10 June 1965 the construction of the line was finished with the electrification.

The above three line were integrated into a new line with the present name. With the construction of the new section Kalli–Paesanjŏm Ryongsŏng Line was separated from the former P'yŏngwon Line. In 1993 the construction of the bypass was complete between Puraesan and Kowon.^[3]

Services

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

• Express trains 1/2, operating between P'yŏngyang and Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn, run on this line between P'yŏngyang and Kilju;
• Express trains 3/4, operating between West P'yŏngyang and Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn, run on this line between P'yŏngyang and Kilju;
• Express trains 7/8, operating between P'yŏngyang and Tumangang and Moscow, run on this line between P'yŏngyang and Rajin;
• Express trains 9/10, operating between P'yŏngyang and Musan, run on this line between P'yŏngyang and Ch'ŏngjin;
• Express trains 11/12, operating between P'yŏngyang and Kŭmgol, run on this line between P'yŏngyang and Yŏhaejin;
• Express trains 13/14, operating between P'yŏngyang and P'yŏnggang, run on this line between P'yŏngyang and Kowŏn;
• Semi-express trains 104-107/108-111, operating between Haeju Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn, run on this line between P'yŏngyang and Sunch'ŏn;
• Semi-express trains 113/114, operating between West P'yŏngyang and Unsŏng, run on this line between West P'yŏngyang and Ch'ŏngjin;
• Semi-express trains 117/118, operating between Taedonggang and P'yŏnggang, run on this line between Sinsŏngch'ŏn and Kowŏn;
• Semi-express trains 119-122/120-121, operating between Sinch'ŏn and Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn, run on this line between P'yŏngyang and Ch'ŏngjin;
• Semi-express trains 124-125/126-127, operating between Sinŭiju Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn, run on this line between P'yŏngyang and Ch'ŏngjin;
• Semi-express trains 128-129-130/131-132-133, operating between Kalma and Rajin, run on this line between Kowŏn and Rajin;
• Semi-express trains 134-135/136-137, operating between Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Hamhŭng, run on this line between Sunch'ŏn and Hamhŭng;
• Regional trains 202-203-204/205-206-207, operating between Hamhŭng and Sariwŏn, run on this line between Hamhŭng and P'yŏngyang;
• Regional trains 261/262, operating between Hamhŭng and Samgi, run on this line between Ham and Sinbukch'ŏn;
• Regional trains 263/264 operate between Hamhŭng and Tanch'ŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn;
• Local trains 311/312 and 313/314 operate between P'yŏngyang and Paesanjŏm - these trains, intended for commuter use by scientists, are operated with the Juche-class EMU;^[1]
• Local trains 331/332 operate between Sunch'ŏn and Ŭnsan;
• Local trains 335/336 operate between Sunch'ŏn and Ch'ŏnsŏng on the Ch'ŏnsŏng Branch via Sinch'ang;
• Local trains 551/556, operating between Kokku and Tongdae, run on this line between Kokku and Tanch'ŏn;
• Local trains 601/604, operating between Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Kŭndong, run on this line between Ch'ŏngjin and Namgangdŏk;
• Local trains 602/615 operate between Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Ranam;
• Local trains 603/603-621 operate between Ranam and Sŏngp'yŏng;
• Local trains 608/608-609, operating between Kŭndong and Sŏngp'yŏng, run on this line between Namgangdŏk and Sŏngp'yŏng.

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
0.0	P'yŏngyang	평양	P'yŏngdŏk Line, shared with P'yŏngŭi Line
4.7	Sŏp'yŏngyang (West P'yŏngyang)	서평양	shared with P'yŏngŭi Line
11.1	Sŏp'o	서포	shared with P'yŏngŭi Line, Ryongsŏng Line
19.0	Kalli	간리	P'yŏngŭi Line
27.2	Chungi	중이
	Tongbuk-ri	동북리
31.6	Paesanjŏm	배산점
36.1	P'yŏngsŏng	평성
42.4	Ponghak	봉학
50.1	Chasan	자산
58.4	Sunch'ŏn	순천	Manp'o Line
61.9	Sillyŏnp'o	신련포	Taegŏn Branch
67.9	Ŭnsan	은산	Ŭnsan Line, Maebon Branch, Changsŏn'gang Branch
72.5	Suyang	수양
78.1	Sinch'ang	신창	Ch'ŏnsŏng Branch
86.6	Sudŏk	수덕
94.8	Sinsŏngch'ŏn	신성천	P'yŏngdŏk Line
102.9	Kŏhŭng	거흥
107.6	Changrim	장림
115.6	Sinyang	신양
121.0	Inp'yŏng	인평
127.0	Chisu	지수
135.0	Yangdŏk	양덕
142.8	Naedong	내동
148.4	Sŏkt'ang Onch'ŏn	석탕 온천
156.9	Kŏch'a	거차
162.9	Ch'ŏn'ŭl	천을
169.2	Un'gok	운곡
174.4	Yodŏk	요덕
185.7	T'oryŏng	토령
	Munp'yŏng	문평
193.7	Sŏngnae	성내
	Tunjŏn	둔전	Kowŏn T'an'gwang Line
199.3	P'alhŭng	팔흥
204.0	Ch'ukchŏn	축전
209.1	Midun	미둔
217.0	Puraesan	부래산
223.7	Kowŏn	고원	Kangwŏn Line
228.7	Hyŏnhŭng	현흥
236.1	Kŭmya	금야	P'ungnam Branch
244.5	Inhŭng	인흥
251.8	Pŏmp'o	범포
259.4	Kŭmsa	금사
263.8	Munbong	문봉
268.7	Sinsang	신상
275.5	Pup'yŏng	부평
285.2	Chŏngp'yŏng	정평
293.4	Hamju	함주
	Chusŏ	주서
305.6	Hamhŭng	함흥	Sinhŭng Line
	Hamhŭng Choch'ajang (Hamhŭng Classification Yard)	함흥 조차장	Vinalon Branch
314.4	Ch'anghŭng	창흥	Ryŏnghŭng Branch
321.0	Hŭngnam	흥남	Vinalon Branch, Ryongsŏng Branch
323.6	Sŏho	서호	Sinhŭng Line (Sŏho Branch)
328.1	Majŏn	마전
	Sinjung	신중
337.8	Ryŏho	려호
342.0	Ragwŏn	락원
347.3	Sep'o-ri	세포리
355.1	Samho	삼호
363.2	Ryongun	룡운
368.2	Hongwŏn	홍원
374.2	Kyŏngp'o	경포
381.6	Unp'o	운포
387.5	P'ung'ŏ	풍어
394.0	Sinp'o	신포
400.0	Yanghwa	양화
407.1	Kangsang-ri	강상리
414.1	Sokhu	속후
423.0	Sinbukch'ŏng	신북청	Pukch'ŏng Line
428.4	Kyŏngan	경안
436.6	Kŏsan	거산
441.7	Kŏnja	건자
445.5	Rahŭng	라흥
448.8	Chŭngsan	증산
455.6	Songdan	송단
459.0	Riwŏn	리원
468.1	Ssangam	쌍암
473.1	Kokku	곡구
478.0	Kiam	기암
483.9	Sindanch'ŏn	신단천
489.5	Omong-ri	오몽리	Tuŏn Branch
494.2	Tanch'ŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn	단천 청년	Hŏch'ŏn Line
	Munam	문암
502.8	Yŏhaejin	여해진	Tuŏn Branch, Kŭmgol Line
510.0	Ryongdae	룡대
516.8	Ilsin	일신
524.5	Manch'un	만춘
530.2	Ssangryong	쌍룡
536.6	Kimch'aek	김책
542.9	Changp'yŏng	장평
545.6	Haksŏng	학성
550.0	Songsang	송상
557.4	Ŏbŏk	업억
563.3	Wŏnp'yŏng	원평
573.3	Rodong	로동	Ilt'an Branch
578.9	Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn	길주 청년	Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
586.4	Kŭmsong	금송
590.5	Onsup'yŏng	온수평
596.6	Myŏngch'ŏn	명천	Sinmyŏngch'ŏn Branch
605.3	Naep'o	내포
609.8	Ryongban	룡반
613.8	Sangryongban	상룡반
618.3	Ryongdong	룡동
623.1	Samhyang	삼향
626.4	Kŭktong	극동
632.9	Chomaksan	조막산
643.7	Ponggang	봉강
652.5	Ŏdaejin	어대진
661.8	Ŏrang	어랑
671.4	Ryonghyŏn	룡현	Taehyang Branch
678.6	Kyŏngsŏng	경성
683.2	Saenggiryŏng	생기령
691.3	Sŭngam	승암
699.6	Ranam	라남
	Namgangdŏk	남강덕	Kangdŏk Line
707.6	Songp'yŏng	송평
710.0	Sunam	수남
712.7	Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn	청진 청년	Hambuk Line, #Ch'ŏngjinhang Branch
	Ch'ŏngam	청암
	Kŭmbawi	금바위
	Sŭngwŏn	승원
	Ryŏnjin	련진
	Sagu	사구
	Pugŏ	부거
	Samhae	삼해
	Kwanghae	관해
	Raksan	락산
	Pangjin	방진
	Huch'ang	후창
	Myŏngho	명호
819.0	Rajin	라진	Hambuk Line, #Rajinhang Branch

Taegŏn Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Sillyŏnp'o	신련포	P'yŏngra Line
2.1	Taegŏn	대건	Ŭnsan Line

Maebŏn Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
	Ŭnsan	은산	Ŭnsan Line, P'yŏngra Line, Changsŏn'gang Branch
	Maebon	매본

Changsŏn'gang Branch

Not electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
	Ŭnsan	은산	Ŭnsan Line, P'yŏngra Line, Maebon Branch
	Changsŏn'gang	장선강

Ch'ŏnsŏng Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Sinch'ang	신창	P'yŏngra Line
7.5	Mangil-li	망일리
9.2	Ch'ŏnsŏng	천성

P'ungnam Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Kŭmya	금야	P'yŏngra Line
8.7	P'ungnam	풍남

Vinalon Branch

Not electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
	Hamhŭng Choch'ajang (Hamhŭng Classification Yard)	함흥 조차장	P'yŏngra Line
	Vinalon	비날론
	Sŏngch'ŏngang	성천강
	Unjung	운중
	Ryongsŏng	룡성	Ryongsŏng Branch

Ryŏnghŭng Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Ch'anghŭng	창흥	P'yŏngra Line
8.3	Ryŏnghŭng	령흥

Ryongsŏng Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
	Hŭngnam	흥남	P'yŏngra Line
	Hŭngnamhang	흥남항
	Ryongsŏng	룡성	Vinalon Branch

Tuŏn Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Omong-ri	오몽리	P'yŏngra Line
4.2	Tuŏn	두언
11.9	Yŏhaejin	여해진	P'yŏngra Line

Ilt'an Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
	Rodong	로동	P'yŏngra Line
	Ilt'an	일탄

Sinmyŏngch'ŏn Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Myŏngch'ŏn	명천	P'yŏngra Line
4.3	Sinmyŏngch'ŏn	신명천

Taehyang Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Ryonghyŏn	룡현	P'yŏngra Line
	Taehyang	대향

Ch'ŏngjinhang Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn	청진 청년	Hambuk Line, P'yŏngra Line
2.0	Ch'ŏngjinhang	청진항

Rajinhang Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Rajin	라진	Hambuk Line, P'yŏngra Line
3.0	Rajinhang	라진항

See also

• Pyongwon Line
• Hamgyŏng Line

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 5394, 31 January 1945 (in Japanese)
3. 咸南 高原-浮來山간 새 철도건설, Yonhap News, 6 September 1993

• Japanese Government Railways, 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, 1937, pp 496, 498~501 (Japanese)