Amrokkang Line Explained

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Amrokkang Line
Other Name:Sup'ung Hoan Line
Native Name:압록강선 (鴨綠江線)
Native Name Lang:ko
Type:Heavy rail, Freight rail
Status:Operational
Locale:North P'yŏngan
Start:Pup'ung
End:Amrokkang
Stations:2
Open:30 September 1940
Owner:P'yŏngbuk Railway (1940-1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Linelength Km:4.1
Tracks:Single track
Context:north
Hangul:압록강선
Hanja:Korean: {{linktext|鴨|綠|江|線
Mr:Amrokkang-sŏn
Rr:Amnokgang-seon

The Amrokkang Line is a non-electrified freight-only railway line of the Korean State Railway in North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Pup'ung on the P'yŏngbuk Line to Amrokkang Station on the Yalu River.[1]

History

Originally called the Sup'ung Hoan Line, it was opened by the P'yŏngbuk Railway on 30 September 1940.[2]

Following the partition of Korea the line was located within the Soviet zone of occupation, and was nationalised along with all the other railways in the zone by the Provisional People’s Committee for North Korea on 10 August 1946,[1] becoming part of the Korean State Railway.

Services

Logs floated down the Yalu River in log rafts are loaded onto trains at Amrokkang Station, from where they are shipped to the rest of the country.[3]

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
0.00.0Pup'ungKorean: 부풍 (富豊)P'yŏngbuk Line, Sup'ung Line
4.14.1AmrokkangKorean: 압록강 (鴨綠江)Sup'ung HoanKorean: 수풍호안 (水豊湖岸)

Notes and References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, Japanese: 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō)
  2. Japanese: 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 4114, 7 October 1940
  3. http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2090762&cid=44454&categoryId=44461 North Korea Geographic Information: Transportation Geography - P'yŏngbuk Line (in Korean)