Pakchon Line

The Pakch'ŏn Line is a former non-electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in Pakch'ŏn County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Maengjungri on the P'yŏngŭi Line to Pakch'ŏn.[1]

Pakch'ŏn Line
Overview
Native name	박천선(博川線)
Status	Closed
Owner	Chosen Government Railway (1926–1945) Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Locale	Pakch'ŏn-gun, North P'yŏngan
Termini	Maengjungri Pakch'ŏn
Stations	3
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Passenger & freight rail Regional rail
History
Opened	10 December 1926
Technical
Line length	9.3 km (5.8 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map P'yŏngŭi Line former Pakch'ŏn Line 9.3 Pakch'ŏn Closed Asian Highway 1 to Istanbul 5.6 Il'wŏn Closed bridge appx 60 m (200 ft)) bridge appx 50 m (160 ft)) Asian Highway 1 to Tokyo 0.0 Maengjungri bridge appx 925 m (3,035 ft)) Taeryŏng River

Pakchon Line
Chosŏn'gŭl	박천선
Hancha	博川線
Revised Romanization	Bakcheon-seon
McCune–Reischauer	Pakch'ŏn-sŏn

History

The line was originally opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 10 December 1926.[2] On 10 August 1946 it was nationalised by the Provisional People’s Committee for North Korea along with all other railways in the Soviet-occupied part of Korea, becoming part of the Korean State Railway.[1]

Route

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

Distance (km)		Station Name		Former Name
Total	S2S	Transcribed	Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja)	Transcribed	Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja)	Connections (former)
0.0	0.0	Maengjungri	맹중리 (孟中里)			(P'yŏngŭi Line)
5.6	5.6	Ilwŏn	일원 (一院)			Closed
9.3	3.7	Pakch'ŏn	박천 (博川)			Closed

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. Japanese Government Railways (1937), 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, p. 487