Paengma Line
{{Short description|Railway line in North Korea}}
{{Infobox rail line
|name = Paengma Line
|native_name = 백마선(白馬線)
|type = Heavy rail, Regional rail
|system =
|locale = North P'yŏngan
|start = Yŏmju
|end = South Sinŭiju
|stations = 7
|status = Operational
|open = 28 April 1905
1 April 1908 (Passenger service)
|owner = Temporary Military Railway (1905–1906)
National Railway (1906–1909)
Korea Railway (1909–1910)
Chosen Government Railway (1910–1917)
South Manchuria Railway (1917–1925)
{{nowrap|Chosen Government Railway (1925–1945)}}
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
|character =
|stock =
|linelength = {{convert|39.6|km|abbr=on}}
|tracks = Single track
|gauge = {{RailGauge|sg|allk=on}}
| maxincline = 13‰
| minradius = {{convert|400|m|abbr=on}}
|electrification =
|old_gauge =
|speed =
|map = 300px
{{routemap
| inline=1
| map=
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BL\\\uSPLa!~SHI1r\\\
BL\\\uv-STRl!~SHI1+r\uSTRq!~lELC\uCONTfq\~~ ~~ ~~P'yŏngŭi Line
BL\\\hKRZWae\\\~~ ~~ ~~Taebong River
BL\\\STR\\\~~ ~~ ~~(bridge appx {{convert|40|m|ft|abbr=on}})
BL\\\HST\\\~~8.7~~Ryangch'aek
BL\\STR+l\ABZgr\\\
BL\\KBSTe\STR\\\WORKS~~ ~~ ~~Ryangch'aek Bearing Factory
BL\\\hKRZWae\\\~~ ~~ ~~Taebong River
BL\\\STR\\\~~ ~~ ~~(bridge appx {{convert|35|m|ft|abbr=on}})
BL\\\HST\\\~~16.5~~P'ihyŏn
BL\\\hKRZWae\\\~~ ~~ ~~(bridge appx {{convert|35|m|ft|abbr=on}})
BL\\\TUNNEL1\\\~~ ~~ ~~(tunnel appx {{convert|255|m|ft|abbr=on}})
BL\\\HST\\\WORKS~~23.0~~Ryonggyeri
BL\\KBSTaq\ABZgr\\\WORKS~~2.6~~ ~~P'ihyŏn Brick Factory
BL\\\hKRZWae\\\~~ ~~ ~~Taebong River
BL\\\STR\\\~~ ~~ ~~(bridge appx {{convert|450|m|ft|abbr=on}})
BL\\KDSTaq\ABZg+r\\\WORKS~~ ~~ ~~Ponghwa Chemical Complex
BL\\\BHF\\\~~25.8~~Paengma
BL\STR+l\STRq\ABZgr\\\
BL\STR\\hKRZWae\\\~~ ~~ ~~(bridge appx {{convert|30|m|ft|abbr=on}})
BL\STR\\STR\KDSTa\\WORKS~~ ~~ ~~tank car loading
BL\STR\\STR\BST\\WORKS~~ ~~ ~~Ponghwa Chemical Complex
BL\tSTRa\\STR\STR\\~~3.8~~ ~~underground facility
BL\\\STR\hKRZWae\\~~ ~~ ~~(bridge appx {{convert|75|m|ft|abbr=on}})
BL\\\ABZgl\STRr\\
BL\\STR+l\ABZgr\\\
BL\\TUNNEL1\STR\\\~~ ~~ ~~(tunnel appx {{convert|230|m|ft|abbr=on}})
BL\\KBHFe\STR\\\~~3.1~~Songhwa Residence
BL\\\TUNNEL1\\\~~ ~~ ~~(tunnel appx {{convert|545|m|ft|abbr=on}})
BL\\\BHF\\\WORKS~~37.0~~Sŏkha
BL\\\eABZgl\exSTRq\exKBSTeq\WORKS
BL\\\hKRZWae\\\~~ ~~ ~~(bridge appx {{convert|70|m|ft|abbr=on}})
BL\\\uSTR+l!~STR\uSTRq!~lELC\uCONTfq\~~ ~~ ~~P'yŏngŭi Line
ELCe\\\uSTR!~KBHFe\\\~~39.6~~South Sinŭiju
\fCONTgq\fSTRq\fSTRr!~uSTR\\\~~ ~~ ~~Tŏkhyŏn Line
\\\uSTR!~lELC\\\
\\\uCONTf\\\~~ ~~ ~~P'yŏngŭi Line
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}}
{{Infobox Korean name|context=north|
hangul=백마선|
hanja={{linktext|白|馬|線}}|
mr=Paengma-sŏn|
rr=Baegma-seon|
}}
The Paengma Line is a non-electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Yŏmju on the P'yŏngŭi Line to South Sinŭiju, likewise on the P'yŏngui Line.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), {{ISBN|978-4-10-303731-6}}
Description
The ruling grade of the line is 13‰, and the minimum curve radius is {{convert|400|m|abbr=on}}. There are 26 bridges with a total length of {{convert|1,363|m|abbr=on}}, and two tunnels with a total length of {{convert|803|m|abbr=on}}.[http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2090765&cid=44454&categoryId=44461 North Korea Geographic Information: Transportation Geography - Paengma Line (in Korean)]
History
For the original line's history and other information prior to 1945, see Gyeongui Line (1904–1945).
The Namsi (now Yŏmju)–South Sinŭiju stretch of railway via Paengma was opened on 28 April 1905 by the Temporary Military Railway as part of the mainline of the Kyŏngŭi Line from Kyŏngsŏng (Seoul) to Sinŭiju. On 16 October 1943, South Sinŭiju Station became a connecting station with the Sinŭiju–Yangsi–Namsi Yangsi Line, which the Chosen Government Railway had taken over from the privately owned Tasado Railway on 1 April of that year.朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 4837, 19 March 1943
After the establishment of the DPRK and the nationalisation of its railways to create the Korean State Railway, the line from Ryongch'ŏn (formerly Yangsi) to Yŏmju (formerly Namsi) remained separate as the Yangsi Line. In 1964 the Korean State Railway decided to make the shorter Yangsi Line the mainline of the P'yŏngui Line, and the former mainline between Yŏmju and South Sinŭiju was separated, becoming the current Paengma Line.
Services
{{See also|List of passenger train services in North Korea}}
There is extensive freight traffic on the line, serving the large Ponghwa Chemical Complex at Paengma and several other factories.
A pair of local trains, numbered 418/419, operate between Sinŭiju Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Yŏmju, running along this line instead of the P'yŏngŭi line. There is also a short branch from Paengma to the private Songhwa Residence.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/7782145/A-birds-eye-view-of-the-prisons-and-palaces-of-Kim-Jong-ils-North-Korea.html|title = A bird's eye view of the prisons and palaces of Kim Jong-il's North Korea}}
Route
A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified.
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" | ||||||
| colspan="2" | Distance (km) | colspan="2" | Station Name | colspan="2" | Former Name | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | S2S | Transcribed | Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) | Transcribed | Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) | Connections |
| bgcolor=#F7FE2E|0.0
| bgcolor=#F7FE2E|0.0 | Yŏmju | 염주 (鹽州) | Namsi | 남시 (南市) | ||||||
| bgcolor=#F7FE2E|8.7
| bgcolor=#F7FE2E|8.7 | Ryangch'aek | 량책 (良策) | Yangch'aek | 양책 (良策) | | ||||||
| bgcolor=#F7FE2E|16.5
| bgcolor=#F7FE2E|7.8 | P'ihyŏn | 피현 (枇峴) | | | | ||||||
| bgcolor=#F7FE2E|23.0
| bgcolor=#F7FE2E|6.5 | Ryonggyeri | 룡계리 (龍溪里) | Yonggyeri | 용계리 (龍溪里) | | ||||||
| bgcolor=#F7FE2E|25.8
| bgcolor=#F7FE2E|2.8 | Paengma | 백마 (白馬) | | | | ||||||
| bgcolor=#F7FE2E|37.0
| bgcolor=#F7FE2E|11.2 | Sŏkha | 석하 (石下) | | | | ||||||
| bgcolor=#F7FE2E|39.6
| bgcolor=#F7FE2E|2.6 | South Sinŭiju (Namsinŭiju) | 남신의주 (南新義州) | | |
References
- Ministry of Railways (1937), 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations), p485
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