| Kanggye Line | |
| Native Name: | 강계선(江界線) |
| Type: | Heavy rail, Regional rail |
| Locale: | Chagang |
| Start: | Kanggye |
| End: | Rangrim |
| Stations: | 13 |
| Open: | 1948 |
| Owner: | Korean State Railway |
| Linelength: | 56.8km (35.3miles) |
| Tracks: | Single track |
| Electrification: | 1500 V DC Catenary |
| Box Width: | auto |
| Context: | north |
| Hangul: | 강계선 |
| Mr: | Kanggye-sŏn |
| Rr: | Ganggye-seon |
The Kanggye Line is an electrified narrow-gauge line of the Korean State Railway in North Korea running from Kanggye on the Manp'o Line to Rangrim,[1] primarily hauling forest products.[2] An interesting feature of the line is a significant switchback west of Rangrim.
The Kanggye Line was built by the Korean State Railway in the late 1940s to aid in the construction of a hydroelectric dam on the Changjin River in the Rangrim mountains;[2] construction of the dam had been started by the Japanese in 1937.[3] Following an order issued in September 1999 by Kim Jong-il, electrification of the line at 1500 V DC was completed on 5 October 2000.[2]
A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified; a pink background indicates that section is narrow gauge; an orange background indicates that section is non-electrified narrow gauge.
| Distance (km) | Station Name | Former Name | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | S2S | Transcribed | Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) | Transcribed | Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) | Connections | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | Kanggye | 강계 (江界) | Manp'o Line | |||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Nammun | 남문 (南門) | ||||
| Tŏkpu | 덕부 (德部) | Closed. | |||||
| 8.9 | 4.0 | Hyangha | 향하 (香河) | ||||
| 14.0 | 5.1 | Sŭngbang | 승방 (勝芳) | ||||
| 17.4 | 3.4 | Kongbuk | 공북 (公北) | ||||
| 21.6 | 4.2 | O-il (1 May) | 오일 (五一) | ||||
| 24.0 | 2.4 | P'yŏngri | 평리 (坪里) | ||||
| 28.4 | 4.4 | Hwangp'o | 황포 (黃浦) | ||||
| 33.5 | 5.1 | Simrip'yŏng | 십리평 (十里坪) | ||||
| Sangsimrip'yŏng | 상십리평 (上十里坪) | Closed. | |||||
| Adŭngnyŏng | 아득령 (牙得嶺) | ||||||
| 41.3 | Upper Sinwŏn (Sangsinwŏn) | 상신원 (上新院) | |||||
| 46.7 | 5.4 | Lower Sinwŏn (Hasinwŏn) | 하신원 (下新院) | ||||
| 56.8 | 10.1 | Rangrim | 랑림 (狼林) | Tongmun'gŏri | 동문거리 (東門巨里) | Renamed 1953. | |