Songpyong Line

{{Infobox rail line

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| name = Sŏngp'yŏng Line

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| native_name = 성평선(城坪線)

| native_name_lang = ko

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| type = Heavy rail, Freight rail
Regional rail

| system =

| status = Closed

| locale = North Hamgyŏng

| start = Kangalli

| end = Sŏngp'yŏng

| stations = 2

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| open = 1924

| close = ?

| owner = Tomun Railway (1924–1929)
Chosen Government Railway (1929–1934)
South Manchuria Railway (1934–1940)
Chosen Government Railway (1940–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)

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| linelength_km = 11.5

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| tracks = Single track

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{{routemap

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\\\\\\\\uSTRq~~ ~~ ~~Hambuk Line

\\\\\\\\STRq~~ ~~ ~~Sŏngp'yŏng Line

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\\WASSER\uBHF\RP1+l!~BUILDING\RP1q\RP1q\RP1q\~~0.0~~Kangalli

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\\expHST\BUILDING\RP1\WASSER\\\~~ ~~Namju-dong

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\\\RP1+l\exSKRZ-G1BUE\RP1rf\WASSER\\

\\\RP1\exSTRl\exSTR+r\WASSER\\

\\\RP1\WASSER+l\exhKRZWae\WASSERr\\~~ ~~ ~~(bridge appx {{convert|50|m|ft|abbr=on}})

\\\RP1\WASSER\exSTRl\exSTR+r\\

\\\RP1\WABZgl\WASSERq\exhKRZWae\WASSERq\

\\\RP1\WCONTf\\exKBSTe\\exWORKS~~11.5~~Sŏngp'yŏng former mine

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{{Infobox Korean name|context=north

|hangul=성평선

|hanja={{linktext|城|坪|線}}

|mr=Sŏngp'yŏng-sŏn

|rr=Seongpyeong-seon

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The Sŏngp'yŏng Line was a non-electrified {{convert|11.5|km|abbr=on}} long railway line of the Korean State Railway in North Korea, connecting Kangalli on the Hambuk Line with Sŏngp'yŏng.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. 93 {{ISBN|978-4-10-303731-6}}

History

The line was originally opened by the privately owned Tomun Railway as a branch of its Hoeryŏng−Tonggwanjin mainline,Japanese Government Railways (1937). 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在 [The List of Stations as of 1 October 1937] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company. p. 506. subsequently becoming part of the Chosen Government Railway after the nationalisation of the Tomun Railway in 1929.朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 669, 28 March 1929 (in Japanese) The line was dismantled sometime after the mid 1980s, but the exact date of closure is unknown.

Services

Until the 1980s, coal was shipped from mines on this line to the Kim Chaek Iron & Steel Complex at Kimchaek and the Ch'ŏngjin Steel Works in Ch'ŏngjin, with the order of collection from each line arranged in the order of the total weight of the outbound cars.{{cite web|url=http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2090780&cid=44454&categoryId=44461|title=북한지리정보: 운수지리 함북선|website=Naver|accessdate=2017-08-16|archive-date=2016-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230000000/http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2090780&cid=44454&categoryId=44461|url-status=live}}

Route

A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified.

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
bgcolor=#F7FE2E\|0.0 \| bgcolor=#F7FE2E\|0.0 \| Kangalli \| 강안리 (江岸里) \| Tonggwan \| 동관 (東關) \| Hambuk Line
bgcolor=#F7FE2E\| \| bgcolor=#F7FE2E\| \| Namju-dong \| 남주동 (南州洞) \| \| \| Closed.
bgcolor=#F7FE2E\|~~11.5~~ \| bgcolor=#F7FE2E\|~~11.5~~ \| Sŏngp'yŏng \| 성평 (城坪) \| \| \| Closed.

References

Category:Railway lines in North Korea

Category:Standard-gauge railways in North Korea