Mandok Line Explained

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Mandŏk Line
Native Name:만덕선(滿德線)
Native Name Lang:ko
Type:Heavy rail, Passenger & freight rail
Regional rail
Status:Operational
Locale:Hŏch'ŏn-gun,
South Hamgyŏng
Start:Hŏch'ŏn
End:Mandŏk
Stations:3
Open:1939
Owner:Tanp'ung Railway (1939–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Linelength Km:10.3
Tracks:Single track
Electrification:3000 V DC Overhead line
Context:north
Hangul:만덕선
Mr:Mandŏksŏn
Rr:Mandeokseon

The Mandŏk Line is an electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in Hŏch'ŏn County, South Hamgyŏng Province, North Korea running from Hŏch'ŏn on the Hŏch'ŏn Line to Mandŏk.[1]

History

This line was opened by the privately owned Tanp'ung Railway as a branch of its Tanchon−Honggun mainline opened on 26 August 1939.[2]

Services

See also: List of passenger train services in North Korea.

A pair of local passenger trains 931/932 are known to operate on this line between Hŏch'ŏn and Mandŏk.[1]

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
0.00.0Hŏch'ŏn허천 (虛川)Kosŏng고성 (古城)Hŏch'ŏn Line
6.66.6Pudong부동 (釜洞)
10.33.7Mandŏk만덕 (滿德)

Notes and References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),
  2. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 3788, 4 September 1939