P'yŏngbu line

P'yŏngbu line
Route length:	187.3 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	(Pyongyang — Kaesŏng) 3000 V  =
Legend P'yŏngnam line , P'yŏngŭi line Pothong gang Former Gyeongui Line 0.0 Pyongyang Central Station. Pyongyang Metro Taedong gang 2.6 Taedong gang Former Heijō mine railway P'yŏngdŏk line Pyongyang-Wonsan Expressway Rank line 10.5 Ryŏkp'o ↑ Pyongyang / Chunghwa ↓ 17.8 Chunghwa ↑ Chunghwa / Hwangju ↓ 24.4 Hŭkkyo Childng Songnim line 36.5 Hwangju 46.7 Ch'imch'on Pyongyang-Kaesong Expressway ↑ Hwangju / Sariwon ↓ 53.8 Chŏngbangri (since 1923) 60.5 Sariwon Hwanghae Youth Line 65.1 Sariwon East ↑ Sariwon / Pongsan ↓ 70.5 Pongsan 77.5 Chŏnggye 85.4 Hŭngsu ↑ Pongsan / Sŏhŭng ↓ 90.2 Munmu (since 1939) Pyongyang-Kaesong Expressway 100.6 Sŏhŭng 107.4 Sinmak ↑ Sŏhŭng / P'yŏngsan ↓ 117.9 Mulgae 126.7 Pyŏngsan Youth-Iŏn line 135.3 Taebaeksansŏng (since 1931) 141.0 Hanp'o ↑ P'yŏngsan / Kŭmch'ŏn ↓, Ryesǒng-gang 151.3 Kŭmch'ŏn Pyongyang-Kaesong Expressway 163.2 Kyejŏng ↑ Kŭmch'ŏn / Kaep'ung ↓ 170.4 Ryŏhyŏn (since 1923) Former Tohae line 178.2 Kaep'ung ↑ Kaep'ung / Kaesŏng ↓ Pyongyang-Kaesong Expressway 187.3 Kaesŏng Pyongyang-Kaesong Expressway Sonha 195.1 Pongdong 197.6 Panmun ↑ DPRK / RK 202.9 Jangdan (until 1950) 204.6 Dorasan Gyeongui Line

Korean spelling
Hangeul	평부선
Hanja	平 釜 線
Revised Romanization	Pyeongbuseon
McCune- Reischauer	P'yŏngbusŏn
See also : Korean name

The P'yŏngbu Line ( Korean 평부선 P'yŏngbusŏn ) is a railway line that connects Pyongyang Central Station with Kaesŏng Station . In theory, it leads to Busan Central Station in South Korea , the terminus is in practice - because of the demilitarized zone in Korea  - the station in Kaesŏng.

history

See also : History of the Gyeongui Line

The P'yŏngbu Line was originally the part of the Gyeongui Line , which was split into three routes after the end of World War II. In the 1930s and 1940s, international trains ran to China on this route .

Before the Korean War , the line ran from Pyongyang Hbf. To Sariwon Bf. The line between Sariwon and the 38th parallel was closed by the Red Army . The regional trains for passenger traffic in South Korea now ran on the Yongsan – Kaesŏng – Toseong (Kaep'ung) route. After the end of the Korean War, the Sariwon – Kaesŏng line was reactivated and the Kaesŏng – Munsan line was closed.

After the summit meeting of South and North Korea in 2000, a connection with the Gyeongui Line was planned and implemented in June 2003. On May 17, 2007, a test drive was carried out on the Musan – Kaesŏng route. Freight traffic between South and North Korea is currently suspended due to the blockade of the Kaesŏng industrial region and other political reasons.

business

After 1948, the Korean State Railways took over the line that had belonged to the Japanese State Railways from 1910 to 1945 . According to the 2002 timetable, either RB or RE trains ran. From 2007 to 2008, freight trains operated on the Pongdong – Munsan route for the transport of goods from the Kaesŏng industrial region.

literature

• Hayato Kokubu: 将軍 様 の 鉄 道 北 朝鮮 鉄 道 事情 ( The General's Railway - The Situation of the Railway in North Korea. ) Shinchosha, Tokyo 2007, ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6 (Japanese)
• Ministry of Railways (Japan)  : 鉄 道 停車場 一 覧 昭和 12 年 10 月 1 日 現在 ( The station list - as of October 1, 1937. ) Kawaguchi, Tokyo 1937, pp. 483–485

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 百年 の 鉄 道 旅行 - The situation at the 38th parallel in Korea (Japanese)
2. ↑ Hayato Kokubu, p. 85