Changjin Line

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Changjin Line
장 진선 (長 津 線)
Changjin Line stretch
Route
Route length: today 58.6 km, previously 75.1 km
Gauge : 762 mm ( narrow gauge )
Maximum slope : 370  ‰
Legend
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Sinhŭng Line (standard gauge)
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Chŭngnimgang
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Sinhŭng Line Yŏnggwang
   
 0.0 Yŏnggwang
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Narrow gauge depot
Stop, stop
 3.6 Tongyang
Stop, stop
 9.1 Songdang
   
 11.4 Tongchŏng (out of service)
Station, station
 13.3 Sangt'ong
Stop, stop
 17.3 Ryongsu
Stop, stop
 23.3 Hagich'on
Stop, stop
 28.4 Samgŏ
Blockstelle, Awanst, Anst etc.
 Cable car , below
Station, station
 32.0 Pojang
Blockstelle, Awanst, Anst etc.
 Cable car, above
Station, station
 35.8 Hwangch'oryŏng
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Kot'o town
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41.2 Kot'o depot
   
 46.4 Pusŏng
Stop, stop
 49.2 Sangp'yŏng
Station, station
 54.3 Changjin
   
 58.6 Sasu
   
 62.7 Sindae closed in 1935
   
 68.4 Chungnam closed in 1935
   
 75.1 Kujin closed in 1935

The Changjin Line ( Hangul : 장 진선, Hanja : 長 津 線, Changjin-sŏn) is a 58.6 km long, electrified, narrow-gauge line of the North Korean State Railways with a gauge of 762 mm (2 feet 6 inches ) from Yŏnggwang on Sinhŭng- Line to Sasu on Changjin Lake. There is a 7.4 km long cable car section between Samgo and Hwangch'oryong . Between Pojang and Hwangch'oryong the route has an incline of 370 ‰.

history

In 1923, the private Sinhŭng Railway opened the main line of its Hamnam Line (not identical to the Hamnam Line of the Chosen Magnesite Development Railway, now called the Kŭmgol Line) from Hamhŭng to Sinhŭng via Oro (today's Yŏnggwang ). She then extended the route with a branch line from Oro to Sangt'ong , which opened on October 1, 1926.

The Changjin Line was built to transport construction materials to the new hydropower plant under construction on the Changjin River, as well as forestry goods in particular. The first section from Sangt'ong to Samgŏ was opened on September 1, 1934 and extended on November 1, 1934 from Samgŏ to Kujin. The Sindae – Kujin section was decommissioned on July 15, 1935, and the Sasu – Sindae section on August 30, 1935.

The Sinhŭng Railway was acquired by the Chosen Railway and merged with it on April 22, 1938.

After the founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , all railways were nationalized as part of the State Railways. The Hamnam, Songhŭng and Changjin lines of the Chosen Railway were split up, with the main line of the Hamnam Line and the Songhŭng Line being combined in the Sinhŭng Line , while the Yŏnggwang – Sang'tong branch line was split off from the Hamnam Line and was merged with the Changjin Line, which was later electrified. Although the track Hamhung-Sinhung by the Korean National Railroad on standard gauge umgespurt was the Changjin-line was a narrow-gauge railway.

Regular operation

Although there is significant passenger traffic in the area, most of the trains are used for freight traffic. Most goods are transported from the region: In the mid-1980s, 62.1% of all goods transported were transported from the area adjacent to the railway to other parts of the country, and only 37.9% from elsewhere to the area adjacent to the railway. With up to 78.8% in the 1980s, wood is the main transport good that is transported away, alongside grain, ores and metal. Of the incoming goods, coal takes the lead with 36.7% of the transport volume, of which 20% is hard coal , followed by rice and other types of grain (18.9%), fertilizer (11.9%), sea products (8.2%) ) and cement (4.2%).

Route

Distance
(total) km 		Distance
(station to station) km 		Name of the station
(phonetic transcription) 		Name of the station
Chos'n'g Bahnhofl (Hanja) 		Former name
(phonetic transcription) 		Former name
Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) 		links
0.0 0.0 Yŏnggwang 영광 (栄 光) Oro 오로 (五 老) Sinhŭng line
3.6 3.6 Tongyang 동양 (東陽)
9.1 5.5 Songdang 송당 (松 堂)
13.3 4.2 Sangt'ong 상통 (上 通)
17.4 4.1 Ryongsu 룡수 (龍 水)
23.4 6.0 Hagich'on 하기 천 (下 岐 川)
28.4 5.0 Samgŏ 삼거 (三 巨)
32.0 3.6 Pojang 부장 (堡 庄)
35.8 3.8 Hwangch'oryŏng 황초령 (黄草 嶺)
41.2 5.4 Kot'o 고토 (古 土)
46.4 5.2 Pusŏng 부성 (富盛) Out of service
49.2 2.8 Sangp'yŏng 상평 (上 坪)
54.3 5.1 Changjin 장진 (長 津)
58.6 4.0 Sasu 사수 (泗水)
62.7 4.1 Sindae 신대 (新 垈) Out of service since July 15, 1935
68.4 5.2 Chungnam 중남 (中南) Out of service since July 15, 1935
75.1 5.2 Kujin 구진 (舊 津) Out of service since July 15, 1935

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Japanese Ministry of Railways : 鉄 道 停車場 一 覧. 昭和 12 年 10 月 1 日 現在 (The list of the stations, Status as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing, 1937. pp. 511 u. 517.
  2. ↑ a b Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍 様 の 鉄 道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  3. ↑ a b 북한 지리 정보: 운수 지리 - 장 진선 . Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  4. ↑ 朝鮮 總督 府 官 報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2298, September 5, 1934
  5. ↑ 朝鮮 總督 府 官 報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2348, November 7, 1934
  6. ↑ a b c 朝鮮 總督 府 官 報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2557, July 22, 1935
  7. ↑ a b 朝鮮 總督 府 官 報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2595, September 4, 1935
  8. ↑ 朝鮮 總督 府 官 報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 3385, May 3, 1938.
  9. ↑ 북한 지리 정보: 운수 지리 - 신흥 선 . Accessed in 2017.

Coordinates: 40 ° 1 ′ 18.5 ″  N , 127 ° 27 ′ 40.3 ″  E