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Kangdok Line
Railway line in North Korea
Railway line in North Korea
| Field | Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| box_width | auto | ||||
| name | Kangdŏk Line | ||||
| native_name | 강덕선(康德線) | ||||
| native_name_lang | ko | ||||
| type | Heavy rail, Passenger & freight rail | ||||
| Regional rail | |||||
| status | Operational | ||||
| locale | Ch'ŏngjin-si, North Hamgyŏng | ||||
| start | Namgangdŏk | ||||
| end | Susŏng | ||||
| stations | 4 | ||||
| open | 1 December 1941 | ||||
| owner | Chosen Government Railway (1941–1945) | ||||
| Korean State Railway (since 1945) | |||||
| linelength_km | 15.2 | ||||
| tracks | Single track | ||||
| gauge | |||||
| electrification | 3000 V DC Overhead line | speed = | |||
| map | [[Image:DPRK-Kangdok Line.png | 300px]] | |||
| inline | 1 | ||||
| fSTRl\fABZql\fBHFq\fSTRq\fSTRq\fABZr+r!~STR\\ABZgl\STR+r~~{{BSsplit | 1.3 | 0.0 | line | 1 | align=right}}~~Kangdŏk |
Regional rail
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
\\\\STRq_orange~~ ~~ Ch'ŏngjinhang Line
\\\\STRq ~~ P'yŏngra Line
\\\\uSTRq ~~ Hambuk Line
\\\\fSTRq ~~ ~~Kangdŏk Line
\CONTg@G!lELC\\\
\STR\\\KBSTa_orange~ ~~ ~~Ch'ŏngjin East Harbour
\HST\\\STR_orange~~ ~~Kŭmbawi
\TUNNEL1\\\DST_orange~~ Ch'ŏngjinhang
\uABZg+l!~STRl\BHFq\STR+r\\STR_orange!Ch'ŏngjin Railway Equipment Factory
WASSERq\WASSERq\fhKRZWae\WASSER!~WASSER+r\\ABZgl\KDSTeq\WORKS~~ ~~ lELC~ Panjuk
WASSERq\WASSERq\uhKRZWae\WASSER+r\STRl\ABZq+l!~KBHFaq_orange\STR+r!SusŏngSTRq_orange\STRr_orange~ Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn
uCONTg@Gq!~lELC\uBHFq\fABZg+r!~uSTRr\WASSER\KDSTe\STR\WORKS15.2Ch'ŏngjin Steel Works
fSTR+l\fABZq+l\fABZgr\WASSER\\STR!~lELC\
fHST\fKBSTe\fSTR\WASSER\\STR\Engine depot
fSTR\fDST\WASSER\\STR\7.3Kŭndong5.5Ch'ŏngjin Choch'ajang
fSTR\fSTR+l\fSTRr\WASSER\\ABZg+l!~lBHF\KBSTeq\WORKS~~ SunamCh'ŏngjin Shipyard
fSTR\fABZgl\fSTR+r\WASSER\KBSTaq\BSTq\ABZgr\WORKS~~ Ch'umok-tongCh'ŏngjin Chemical Fibre Complex
fSTR\fSTR\fKBSTe\WASSERl\WASSERq\WASSERq\hKRZWae\WDOCKSaq\WORKS~~ ~~ aluminium works; Sea of Japan
fSTR!~lELC\fSTR!~lELC\\STR+l\STRr\
fSTR\fSTR\\ABZg+l\ABZq+l\KDSTeq\WORKS ~~ Ch'ŏngjin West Harbour
fSTR\fSTR\\BHF\STR\ Songp'yŏng
fSTR\fSTR\\ABZgl\ABZql!~DSTq\STR+r\WORKS ~~ Ch'ŏngjin Thermal Power Station
fhKRZWae\fhKRZWae\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\hKRZWae\WASSERq\hKRZWae\WDOCKSaq ~~ Sea of Japan
fSTRl\fABZql\fBHFq\fSTRq\fSTRq\fABZr+r!~STR\ABZgl\STR+r~~~~Kangdŏk
\\\BHF\STR\STR0.0Namgangdŏk
\\STR+l\ABZqr\DSTq\ABZqr\STRr ~~ ~~Kim Chaek Iron & Steel
\\CONTf@F!~lELC\\
The Kangdŏk Line is an electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the North Korean State Railway running from Namgangdŏk on the P'yŏngra Line to Susŏng on the Hambuk Line.
Ch'ŏngjin Choch'ajang, Ch'ŏngjin's large marshalling yard, is located on this line.
History
The first rail line to reach Susŏng was the Ch'ŏngjin−Ch'angp'yŏng section of the Hamgyŏng Line, opened by the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) on 5 November 1916. On 31 July 1917, the management of Sentetsu was transferred from the Railway Bureau of the Government-General of Korea to the South Manchuria Railway (Mantetsu). Under Mantetsu management, construction of the Hamgyŏng Line was accelerated, and to handle increasing freight traffic on the line, a large marshalling yard, called Ch'ŏngjin Choch'ajang, was built near Ch'ŏngjin. To access this, a new 14.9 km line between Ranam and Susŏng was opened on 10 December 1919; Kangdŏk Station, located 7.2 km from Ranam, was opened on 1 August 1922.
On 1 December 1941, a new line was opened between Ranam and Ch'ŏngjin to allow trains to bypass the Ch'ŏngjin marshalling yard. The existing line, running via Kangdŏk and the marshalling yard, was detached from the Hamgyeong Line and designated the Kangdŏk Line; at the same time, a 2.4 km connection from Ch'ŏngjin Sŏhang Station (Ch'ŏngjin West Port, today called Songp'yŏng) to Kangdŏk was built, to allow southbound trains to access the marshalling yard without having to reverse at Ranam.
Services
Two passenger trains are known to operate on this line:
- Local trains 601/604, operating between Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Kŭndong, run on this line between Namgangdŏk and Kŭndong;
- Local trains 608/608'609, operating between Kŭndong and Songp'yŏng, run on this line between Kŭndong and Namgangdŏk.
Route
A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified.
| Distance (km) | Station Name | Former Name | Total | S2S | Transcribed | Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) | Transcribed | Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) | Connections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | 0.0 | Namgangdŏk (South Kangdŏk) | 님강덕 (南康德) | P'yŏngra Line | |||||
| 1.3 | 1.3 | Kangdŏk | 강덕 (康德) | Kŭndong Branch | |||||
| 7.3 | 6.0 | Kŭndong | 근동 (芹洞) | Kŭndong Branch | |||||
| 15.2 | 7.9 | Susŏng | 수성 (輸城) | Hambuk Line |
Kŭndong Branch
Electrified.
| Distance (km) | Station Name | Former Name | Total | S2S | Transcribed | Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) | Transcribed | Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) | Connections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | 0.0 | Kangdŏk | 강덕 (康德) | Kangdŏk Line | |||||
| 5.5 | 5.5 | Ch'ŏngjin Choch'ajang | |||||||
| (Ch'ŏngjin Marshalling Yard) | 청진조차장 (淸津操車場) | ||||||||
| 8.1 | 2.6 | Kŭndong | 근동 (芹洞) | Kangdŏk Line |
References
References
- Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), {{ISBN. 978-4-10-303731-6
- 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 4449, 22 November 1941 (in Japanese)
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