Chosen Railway (1937–1944) Chosen Government Railway (1944–1945) Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Locale
Haeju-si, South Hwanghae
Termini
Wangsin
Chŏngdo
Stations
2
Service
Type
Heavy rail, Regional rail, Freight rail
History
Opened
10 May 1937
Technical
Line length
0.7 km (0.43 mi)
Number of tracks
Single track
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification
3000 V DC Catenary
Route map
Legend
Ongjin Line
former Sahae Line
Chŏngdo Line
0.0
Wangsin
Haeju Port
Closed
0.7
Chŏngdo
switchbacks
T'ŏlsŏm Port
Chŏngdo Chemical Factory
Chongdo Line
Chosŏn'gŭl
정도선
Hancha
鼎島線
Revised Romanization
Jeongdo-seon
McCune–Reischauer
Chŏngdo-sŏn
The Chŏngdo Line is an electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in South Hwanghae Province, North Korea, running from Wangsin station on the Ongjin Line to Chŏngdo station.[1]
^Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
The ChŏngdoLine is an electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in South Hwanghae Province, North Korea, running from Wangsin...
lines, with the Haeju—Ongjin line becoming known as the Ongjin Line, and the Tongp'o—Chŏngdoline becoming the ChŏngdoLine; the East Haeju—Tongp'o—Haeju...
the Naet'o Line, the Sinwŏn—Hasŏng line the Hasŏng Line, and the East Haeju—Haeju Port/Chŏngdoline the ChŏngdoLine. Deciding that traffic levels merited...
Paech'ŏn LineChŏngdo Station South Hwanghae ChŏngdoLine Ch'ŏnggang (청강) North P'yŏngan P'yŏngŭi Line Ch'ŏnggye (청계) North Hwanghae P'yŏngbu Line Ch'ŏnghak...
seen on a fine day. The 1531 revision of this book includes the Paldo Chongdo ("Map of the Eight Provinces"), showing two separate islands of Usan-do...
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