Sohae Kammun Line
{{Short description|Railway line in North Korea}}
{{Infobox rail line
| box_width = 300px
| name = Sŏhae Kammun Line
| color = {{rail color|KSR}}
| other_name =
| native_name = 서해갑문선(西海閘門線)
| native_name_lang = ko
| logo =
| image = File:At the West Sea Barrage (11360482245).jpg
| image_width = 300px
| caption = The Sŏhae Kammun Line crossing the West Sea Barrage;
the swing bridge over the locks is visible.
| type = Heavy rail, Passenger & freight rail
Regional rail
| system =
| status = Operational
| locale = Namp'o-tŭkpyŏlsi
| start = Ch'ŏlgwang
| end = Sillyŏngri
| stations = 4
| routes =
| daily_ridership =
| open = 24 June 1986
| close =
| owner = Korean State Railway
| operator = Korean State Railway
| character =
| depot =
| stock =
| linelength_km = 26.7
| tracklength =
| tracks = Single track
| gauge = {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}}
| minradius =
| routenumber =
| linenumber =
|electrification =
| elevation =
| maxincline =
| website =
| map = 300px
{{routemap
| inline=1
| map=
\\uCONTgq\uSTRq\uSTRq!~STR+l\STR+r\\\~~ ~~ ~~P'yŏngnam Line to P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn
WDOCKSc3\\\\STR\uSTR!~KBHFe\\\~~26.7~~Sillyŏngri
WFILL\WDOCKSa-L\WDOCKSc3\\STR\uSTRl\uCONTfq\\~~ ~~ ~~P'yŏngnam Line to P'yŏngyang
WFILL\WFILL\WDOCKSa-L\KRW+l\KRWr\\\\
WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\STR\\\\\
WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\HST\\\\\~~19.5~~Sŏhae Kammun
WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\WDOCKSc3!~DSTRa\\\\\
WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\WFILL!~DSTR\WDOCKSa-L\\\\
WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\WFILL!~DSTR\WFILL\\\\
WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\WFILL!~DSTR\WFILL\\\\
WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\WFILL!~DSTR\WFILL\WDOCKSc3\\\
WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\WFILL!~DSTR\WFILL\WFILL\WDOCKSa-L\\~~ ~~ ~~←West Sea
WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\WFILL!~DSTR\WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\\~~ ~~ ~~~West Sea Barrage~
WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\WFILL!~DSTR\WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\WDOCKSsl!~WASSERq\WABZq+l~~ ~~ ~~Taedong River→
WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\WFILL!~DSTR\WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\WDOCKSs+l!~WASSERq\WASSERr
WFILL\WFILL\WFILL!~DSTR+l\WFILL!~DSTRr\WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\\
WFILL\WDOCKSc4!~WDOCKSc3\DSTR\WDOCKSc1!~WDOCKSc2\WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\\~~ ~~ ~~Ok-to Island
WFILL\WFILL\WFILL!~DSTR\WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\\
WFILL\WDOCKSc4!~WDOCKSc3\DSTR\WDOCKSc1!~WDOCKSc2\WFILL\WFILL\WDOCKSe-L\\~~ ~~ ~~Pi-do Island
WFILL\WFILL\WFILL!~DSTR\WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\WDOCKSc4\\
WFILL\WFILL\WFILL!~DBK\WFILL\WFILL\WDOCKSe-L\\\~~ ~~ ~~swing bridge over lock
WFILL\WFILL\WDOCKSc4!~DSTRe\\\\\\
WFILL\WFILL\WDOCKSc3!~STRl\STR+r\\\\\
WFILL\WFILL\WDOCKSa-L\BST\\\\\~~9.1~~Songgwan
WDOCKSc4\WDOCKSc1\WFILL\WDOCKSc3!~DSTRa\\\\\
\\WFILL\WDOCKSeq!~DSTR\\\\\~~ ~~ ~~(causeway appx {{convert|370|m|ft|abbr=on}})
\\WFILL\WDOCKSc4!~DSTRe\\\\\
\\WDOCKSe\STR\\\\\
\STR+l\hKRZWaeq\STRr\\\\\~~ ~~ ~~(bridge appx {{convert|130|m|ft|abbr=on}})
\STR\WASSERl\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\
\STR2\STRc3\\\\\\
\STRc1\STR2+4\STRc3\\\\\
\\STRc1\STR+4\\\\\
\\\STR\\\\\
\\fexCONTgq\fexSTR+r!~STR\\\\\~~ ~~ ~~Sŏhaeri Line
\\\STR_orange!~KBHFe\\\\\~~0.0~~Ch'ŏlgwang
\\\STRl_orange\STRq_orange\CONTfq_orange\\\~~ ~~ ~~Ŭnnyul Line
}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}
{{Infobox Korean name|context=north|
hangul=서해갑문선|
hanja ={{linktext|西|海|閘|門|線}}|
mr=Sŏhaegammun-sŏn|
rr=Seohaegammun-seon|
}}
The Sŏhae Kammun Line, or West Sea Barrage Line is a non-electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway located entirely within Namp'o Special City, North Korea, and running from Ch'ŏlgwang on the Ŭnnyul Line to Sillyŏngri on the P'yŏngnam Line.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), {{ISBN|978-4-10-303731-6}}
Description
File:Nampo Dam locks close-up.jpg
The Sŏhae Kammun Line runs over the West Sea Barrage; of the {{convert|26.7|km|abbr=on}} total length of the line, over {{convert|6|km|abbr=on}} runs over the dam itself. There is a swing bridge of approximately {{convert|100|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, built by the Namp'o Shipyard, over the locks.
History
The line was opened on 24 June 1986, after the completion of the West Sea Barrage.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/05/world/in-north-korea-dam-reflects-great-leader-s-state-of-mind.html | title=In North Korea, Dam Reflects 'Great Leader's' State of Mind | newspaper=The New York Times | date=5 July 1989 | last1=Kristof | first1=Nicholas D. | archive-date=12 February 2018 | access-date=29 January 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212134941/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/05/world/in-north-korea-dam-reflects-great-leader-s-state-of-mind.html | url-status=live }}
Services
{{See also|List of passenger train services in North Korea}}
A local passenger train, 361/362, operating between Namp'o and Ch'ŏlgwang, runs on the entirety of this line between Sillyŏngri and Ch'ŏlgwang, stopping only at Namp'o, Sŏhae Kammun, and Ch'ŏlgwang; scheduled travel time in the 2002 timetable was 2 hours 20 minutes each way.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. 127, {{ISBN|978-4-10-303731-6}}
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 | Ch'ŏlgwang | 철광 (鉄鑛) | | | ||||||
| bgcolor=#F7FE2E|9.1
| bgcolor=#F7FE2E|9.1 | Songgwan | 송관 (松串) | | | | ||||||
| bgcolor=#F7FE2E|19.5
| bgcolor=#F7FE2E|10.4 | Sŏhae Kammun | 서해갑문 (西海閘門) | | | | ||||||
| bgcolor=#F7FE2E|26.7
| bgcolor=#F7FE2E|7.2 | Sillyŏngri | 신령리 (新寧里) | P'yŏngnam Sindŏk | 평남신덕 (平南新德) |
References
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