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Changjin Line

Changjin Line
Overview
Native name 장진선(長津線)
Type Heavy rail, Regional rail
Status Operational
Locale South Hamgyŏng
Termini Yŏnggwang
Sasu
Stations 13
Operation
Opened 1 October 1926 (Yŏnggwang—Sangt'ong)
1 September 1934 (Sangt'ong—Samgŏ)
1 November 1934 (Samgŏ—Kujin)
Closed 15 July 1935 (Sindae—Kujin)
30 Aug. 1935 (Sasu—Sindae)
Owner Korean State Railway
Operator(s) Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length 58.6 km (36.4 mi)
Number of tracks Single track
Track gauge 762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Maximum incline 370‰
Route map

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Sinhŭng Line
0.0 Yŏnggwang
Sinhŭng Line
5.1 Tongyang
9.1 Songdang
11.4 Tongchŏng Closed
13.3 Sangt'ong
17.3 Ryongsu
23.3 Hagiwŏn
28.4 Samgŏ
35.6 Pojang
Yŏnggwang-gun/Changjin-gun
38.9 Hwangch'oryŏng
41.2 Kot'o
Kunsŏng Closed
49.2 Sangp'yŏng
54.3 Changjin
58.6 Sasu
62.7 Sindae Closed 1935
68.4 Chungnam Closed 1935
75.1 Kujin Closed 1935
Changjin Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 장진선
Hancha
Revised Romanization Jangjin-seon
McCune–Reischauer Changjin-sŏn

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The Changjin Line is an electrified narrow gauge line of the North Korean State Railway running from Yŏnggwang on the Sinhŭng Line to Sasu on Lake Changjin. There is a 7.4 km cable-hauled section between Samgo and Hwangch'oryong; between Pojang and Hwangch'oryong the grade reaches 370‰.

In 1923 the privately owned Sinhŭng Railway opened the mainline of its Hamnam Line (not to be confused with the line of the same name of the Chosen Magnesite Development Railway, nowadays called Kŭmgol Line), from Hamhŭng to Sinhŭng via Oro (nowadays called Yŏnggwang), and subsequently expanded the line with the addition of a branch from Oro to Sangt'ong that was opened on 1 October 1926.

In 1934, to aid in the construction of a new hydroelectric power plant on the Changjin River, and to exploit forestry and other resources in the area, the Sinhŭng Railway began opening its Changjin Line. The first section, from Sangt'ong to Samgŏ, was opened on 1 September 1934, followed by an extension from Samgŏ to Kujin on 1 November of the same year. Later, the Sindae—Kujin section was closed on 15 July 1935, followed by the closure of the Sasu—Sindae section on 30 August 1935.

The Sinhŭng Railway was bought and absorbed by the Chosen Railway on 22 April 1938.

Following the establishment of the DPRK, all railways in northern Korea were nationalised, becoming part of the Korean State Railway. The Chosen Railway's Hamnam, Songhŭng and Changjin Lines were split up, with the mainline of the Hamnam Line and the Songhŭng Line merged to become the Sinhŭng Line, while the Yŏnggwang—Sang'tong branch was split off from the Hamnam Line and added to the Changjin Line, and the line was later electrified. Although the Hamhŭng—Sinhŭng section was rebuilt to standard gauge by the Korean State Railway, the Changjin Line remained narrow gauge.


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