Chosen Government Railway (1913–1945) Korean State Railway (since 1945) Korail (part, since 1953)
Locale
South Hamgyŏng Kangwŏn
Termini
Kowŏn
P'yŏnggang
Stations
23
Service
Type
Heavy rail, Passenger/freight rail Regional rail
Operator(s)
Korean State Railway Korail (part, since 1953)
Depot(s)
Wŏnsan
History
Opened
Mainline: 1913-1916
Technical
Line length
145.8 km (90.6 mi) in use
Number of tracks
Single track
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius
300 m (980 ft)
Electrification
3000 V DC Overhead line
Route map
Legend
P'yŏngra Line to Rajin
P'yŏngra Line to P'yŏngyang
Electric locomotive shops
0.0
Kowŏn
(bridge appx 80 m (260 ft))
7.5
Chŏnt'an
1.6
1.8
(bridge appx 180 m (590 ft))
(bridge appx 40 m (130 ft))
Ch'ŏnnae Line
1.8
Ryongdam Cement Factory
(bridge appx 60 m (200 ft))
12.1
Ryongdam
22.0
Ongp'yŏng
Munch'ŏnhang Line
Namch'ŏn River
(bridge appx 135 m (443 ft))
(bridge appx 50 m (160 ft))
2.0
narrow-gauge railway to mine
0.0
2.6
Kŭmgang Smelter
2.1
Munp'yŏng Lead Smelter
(bridge appx 65 m (213 ft))
29.4
Munch'ŏn
Samp'och'ŏn
(bridge appx 105 m (344 ft))
36.5
Segil
(bridge appx 115 m (377 ft))
Songdowŏn Line
Chŏkch'ŏnch'ŏn
(bridge appx 105 m (344 ft))
42.0
0.0
Wŏnsan
P'yŏngyang–Wŏnsan Tourist Motorway
(tunnel appx 1,700 m (5,600 ft))
abandoned alignment
Wŏnsanhang Line
Wŏnsan Hwamul Branch
Kŭmgang Prime Mover Factory
4.6
Wŏnsan Hwamul
Locomotive shops
46.1
Kalma
Kalma Airport
4 June Rolling Stock Works
Kalmach'ŏn
(new bridge appx 135 m (443 ft))
(old bridge appx 180 m (590 ft))
(bridge appx 85 m (279 ft))
52.8
Paehwa
Yugyoch'ŏn
(bridge appx 50 m (160 ft))
57.7
Anbyŏn
Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
64.1
Namsan
73.5
Kwangmyŏng
Namsanch'ŏn
(bridge appx 70 m (230 ft))
81.6
Ryongjiwŏn
Ryongjiwŏnch'ŏn
(bridge appx 105 m (344 ft))
88.1
Kosan
Namdaech'ŏn
(bridge appx 95 m (312 ft))
(tunnel appx 265 m (869 ft))
(bridge appx 55 m (180 ft))
(tunnel appx 315 m (1,033 ft))
(tunnel appx 100 m (330 ft))
(bridge appx 85 m (279 ft))
(bridge appx 100 m (330 ft))
(tunnel appx 270 m (890 ft))
(bridge appx 105 m (344 ft))
(bridge appx 75 m (246 ft))
(bridge appx 80 m (260 ft))
(tunnel appx 125 m (410 ft))
(bridge appx 60 m (200 ft))
(tunnel appx 70 m (230 ft))
97.4
Tonggari
102.5
Rakch'ŏn
(bridge appx 80 m (260 ft))
(tunnel appx 190 m (620 ft))
(bridge appx 75 m (246 ft))
(bridge appx 55 m (180 ft))
(tunnel appx 470 m (1,540 ft))
(bridge appx 65 m (213 ft))
106.4
Sambang
(tunnel appx 280 m (920 ft))
(bridge appx 100 m (330 ft))
(tunnel appx 375 m (1,230 ft))
(tunnel appx 480 m (1,570 ft))
(tunnel appx 60 m (200 ft))
(bridge appx 55 m (180 ft))
(tunnel appx 145 m (476 ft))
(bridge appx 40 m (130 ft))
(bridge appx 50 m (160 ft))
(tunnel appx 140 m (460 ft))
(tunnel appx 350 m (1,150 ft))
(bridge appx 80 m (260 ft))
(bridge appx 50 m (160 ft))
(bridge appx 60 m (200 ft))
(bridge appx 50 m (160 ft))
114.1
Sep'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Ch'ŏngnyŏn Ich'ŏn Line
121.3
Sŏngsan
(tunnel appx 640 m (2,100 ft))
126.3
Kŏmbullang
(viaduct appx 65 m (213 ft))
131.1
Ri'mok
142.0
Pokkye
145.8
P'yŏnggang
(bridge appx 45 m (148 ft))
152.6
Kagok
Closed
↑DPRK (P'yŏnggang-gun)
DMZ
↓ROK (Ch'ŏrwŏn-gun)
162.6
Wŏljŏngri
Closed
167.6
Ch'ŏrwŏn
Closed
former Kŭmgangsan Line
171.3
Paengmagoji
South Korea since 1953
176.9
Sintalli
181.3
Taegwangri
188.3
Sinmangri
191.9
Ryŏnch'ŏn
200.5
Chŏn'gok
203.0
Hant'an'gang
North Korea until 1950
38th Parallel
206.0
Ch'osŏngri
Korail Kyŏngwŏn Line
Korean State Railway
Korail
Kangwon Line
Chosŏn'gŭl
강원선
Hancha
江原線
Revised Romanization
Gangwonseon
McCune–Reischauer
Kangwŏnsŏn
The Kangwŏn Line is a 145.8 km (90.6 mi) electrified standard-gauge trunk line of the Korean State Railway of North Korea, connecting Kowŏn on the P'yŏngra Line to P'yŏnggang, providing an east–west connection between the P'yŏngra and Ch'ŏngnyŏn Ich'ŏn lines.[1]
Although the line continues south across the Korean Demilitarized Zone, it is non-operational south of P'yŏnggang.
The ruling gradient is 25‰, the minimum curve radius is 300 m (980 ft); there are 94 bridges with a total length of 3,493 m (11,460 ft), and 18 tunnels with a total length of 6,243 m (20,482 ft). There are 23 stations on the line, with an average distance between stations of 6.5 km (4.0 mi). Wŏnsan Station is the most important station on the line; in addition to its passenger infrastructure, locomotive and freight car maintenance facilities are located there.[2]
On 5 August 2015, South Korean President Park Geun-hye attended a ceremony launching work on the reconstruction of the 9.3 km (5.8 mi) Baengmagoji–Woljeong-ri section of Korail's Gyeongwon Line, which has been closed since the Korean War, as part of events marking the 70th anniversary of the partition of Korea. The works are to begin in October and are expected to be finished by 2017; the US $129 million project is being funded by the Unification Ministry. Park also stated her hope that the remaining 2.4 km (1.5 mi) section across the DMZ would be rebuilt soon, which would re-establish the old Kyŏngwŏn Line connecting Seoul to Wŏnsan.[3]
^Kokubu, Hayato (January 2007). 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 85. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
^"Kangwŏn Line". The traffic and geography in North Korea (in Korean).
^"South Korea to reinstate line to the DMZ". Railway Gazette. 7 August 2015. Archived from the original on 14 December 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
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