Heavy rail, Passenger & freight rail Regional rail
Operator(s)
Korean State Railway
Depot(s)
Tumangang
History
Opened
1952
Technical
Line length
9.5 km (5.9 mi)
Number of tracks
Double track
Track gauge
Dual-gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)
Electrification
3000 V DC Catenary
Route map
Legend
km
0.0
Hongŭi
1.0
Chŏkchi
Mulgol
9.5
Tumangang
passenger & domestic freight yard
international freight yard
storage tanks
↑ DPRK (
Sŏnbong-guyok,
Rasŏn-t'ŭkpyŏlsi
)
Korean-Russian Friendship Bridge
across Tumen River 620 m (2,030 ft)
↓ Russia (Primorsky Krai)
11.7
Khasan
East Sea
Key
Korean State Railway
Russian Railways
Hongŭi Line
Baranovsky–Khasan line
Hambuk Line
Hongui line
Chosŏn'gŭl
홍의선
Hancha
洪儀線
Revised Romanization
Honguiseon
McCune–Reischauer
Hongŭisŏn
The Hongŭi Line is an electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the North Korean State Railway running from Hongŭi on the Hambuk Line to Tumangang, which is the border station between North Korea and Russia. From Tumangang the line continues across the border to Khasan, Russia.[1] The line from Tumangang to Rajin is double-tracked, including the entirety of the Hongŭi Line;[2] during the recent renovation a 32 km section of dual Standard/Russian gauge was installed between Tumangang and Rajin stations.[3] The entirety of the North Korean section of the line is located in Sŏnbong of Rasŏn Special City.
There are service facilities for locomotives and rolling stock at Tumangang Station.[2]
^Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
^ abThe traffic and geography in North Korea: Hambuk Line (in Korean)
^"Khasan-Rajin line renovation". ITAR TASS. 2013-09-22.
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