Chongnam Line
{{Short description|Railway line in North Korea}}
{{Infobox rail line
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| name = Ch'ŏngnam Line
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| native_name = 청남선 (淸南線)
| native_name_lang = ko
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| type = Heavy rail, Freight rail
Regional rail
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| status = Closed
| locale = South P'yŏngan
| start = Ch'ŏngnam
| end = Sŏsi; Ch'angdong
| stations = 7
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| open = 1987
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| owner = Korean State Railway
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| tracks = Single track
| gauge = {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}}
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| electrification = 3000 V DC Overhead line
Ch'ŏngnam−Ch'illi, Ch'ŏngnam−Samch'ŏnp'o−Sŏsi
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\\\\exSTR\\exBST\\exWORKS~~8.6~~Wŏnhŭng coal mine~~ ~~Closed
\\\\uexSTR!~exSTRl\exBSTq\exSTRr\\exWORKS~~10.9~~Ch'angdong coal mine~~ ~~Closed
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{{Infobox Korean name|context=north|
hangul=청남선|
hanja={{linktext|淸|南|線}}|
mr=Ch'ŏngnam-sŏn|
rr=Cheongnam-seon|
}}
The Ch'ŏngnam Line is a partially electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Ch'ŏngnam on the northern part of the Sŏhae Line to Samch'ŏnp'o via a loop line connecting several collieries to the mainline of the Sŏhae Line.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), {{ISBN|978-4-10-303731-6}}
History
The Korean State Railway built the Sŏhae Line to exploit coal fields in the area, opening the Mundŏk—Ch'ŏngnam—Samch'ŏnp'o—Namdong line in the 1970s;Choe, Un-sik, 한국의 전통 사회 운송 기구, {{ISBN|978-89-7300-728-8}}, pp. 114-115 electrification of the line to Namdong was completed in 1978.
In 1987 the line was expanded in two directions - one an extension westwards from Ch'ŏngnam (see Sŏhae Line), and the other a loop line from Samch'ŏnp'o - called the Ch'ŏngnam Line - along with a connecting line to Sŏsi on the new extension. Part of the loop, from Samch'ŏnp'o to Ch'illi, was electrified.
Most of the trackage was later abandoned, including the entirety of the Ch'ŏngnam Line loop.
Services
Much of the coal that originated on the line was shipped to the Ch'ŏngch'ŏn River Thermal Power Plant on the Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk Line.[http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2090761&cid=44454&categoryId=44461 North Korea Geographic Information: Transportation Geography - P'yŏngŭi Line (in Korean)]
Route
A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified.
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| colspan="2" | Distance (km) | colspan="2" | Station Name | colspan="2" | Former Name | ||||
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| Total | S2S | Transcribed | Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) | Transcribed | Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) | Connections |
| 0.0
| 0.0 | Ch'ŏngnam | 청남 (淸南) | | | ||||||
| | Ryongrim | 룡림 (龍林) | | | Closed. | ||||||
| | Ch'illi | 칠리 (七里) | | | Closed. | ||||||
| bgcolor=#F7FE2E| | bgcolor=#F7FE2E| | Wŏnhŭng | 원흥 (元興) | | | Closed. | ||||||
| bgcolor=#F7FE2E| | bgcolor=#F7FE2E| | Ch'angdong | 창동 (倉東) | | | Closed. | ||||||
| bgcolor=#F7FE2E| | bgcolor=#F7FE2E| | Samch'ŏnp'o | 삼천포 (三川浦) | | | (Sŏhae Line) |
References
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Category:Railway lines in North Korea