Songpyong Line

The Sŏngp'yŏng Line was a non-electrified 11.5 km (7.1 mi) long railway line of the Korean State Railway in North Korea, connecting Kangalli on the Hambuk Line with Sŏngp'yŏng.[1]

Sŏngp'yŏng Line
Overview
Native name	성평선(城坪線)
Status	Closed
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)
Locale	North Hamgyŏng
Termini	Kangalli Sŏngp'yŏng
Stations	2
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Freight rail Regional rail
History
Opened	1924
Closed	?
Technical
Line length	11.5 km (7.1 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Hambuk Line Sŏngp'yŏng Line Tumen River 0.0 Kangalli Kyudong (bridge appx 70 m (230 ft)) (bridge appx 60 m (200 ft)) Namju-dong (bridge appx 60 m (200 ft)) (bridge appx 60 m (200 ft)) (bridge appx 70 m (230 ft)) (bridge appx 60 m (200 ft)) (bridge appx 50 m (160 ft)) 11.5 Sŏngp'yŏng former mine

Songpyong Line
Chosŏn'gŭl	성평선
Hancha	城坪線
Revised Romanization	Seongpyeong-seon
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏngp'yŏng-sŏn

History

The line was originally opened by the privately owned Tomun Railway as a branch of its Hoeryŏng−Tonggwanjin mainline,[2] subsequently becoming part of the Chosen Government Railway after the nationalisation of the Tomun Railway in 1929.[3] 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.[4]

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
0.0	0.0	Kangalli	강안리 (江岸里)	Tonggwan	동관 (東關)	Hambuk Line
		Namju-dong	남주동 (南州洞)			Closed.
11.5	11.5	Sŏngp'yŏng	성평 (城坪)			Closed.

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. 93 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 Stations as of 1 October 1937] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company. p. 506.
3. 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 669, 28 March 1929 (in Japanese)
4. "북한지리정보: 운수지리 함북선". Naver. Retrieved 2017-08-16.