Namyanggukkyong Line
Namyang Border Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overview | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Native name | 남양국경선(南陽國境線) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Operational | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owner | South Manchuria Railway (1933–1945) Korean State Railway (since 1945) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locale | North Hamgyŏng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Termini | Namyang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stations | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Service | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type | Heavy rail, Passenger & freight rail Regional rail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1 August 1933 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Technical | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line length | 0.8 km (0.50 mi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of tracks | Single track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrification | 3000 V DC Catenary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Namyanggukkyong Line | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 남양국경선 |
---|---|
Hancha | |
Revised Romanization | Namyangukgyeong-seon |
McCune–Reischauer | Namyanggukkyŏng-sŏn |
The Namyanggukkyŏng Line, or Namyang Border Line, is a 0.8 km (0.50 mi) long railway line of the Korean State Railway connecting Namyang on the Hambuk Line with at the DPRK–China border, continuing on to Tumen, China, 3.3 km (2.1 mi) from Namyang.[1] At Tumen it connects with China Railway's (Changchun–Tumen; 长图铁路), (Tumen–Jiamusi; 图佳铁路), and (Tumen–South Hunchun– and on to Russia; 图珲铁路). The line is electrified between Namyang and Kukkyong.
History[]
The Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) nationalised the privately owned Tomun Railway on 1 April 1929, acquiring the private railway's route from Hoeryŏng to Tonggwanjin (now Kangalli) and calling it the "West Tomun Line".[2] Intending to create as short a route as possible from Japan to Manchuria, Sentetsu had started building its own "East Tomun Line" from Unggi (now Sŏnbong) towards Tonggwanjin in 1929, eventually reaching Namyang on 1 December 1932, and finally closed the final gap between Namyang and Tonggwanjin on 1 August 1933, thus completing the Tomun Line from Hoeryŏng to Unggi; Tonggwanjin station was renamed Tonggwan at that time.[3]
At the same time as the Namyang–Tonggwan section of the mainline was opened, a bridge was built over the Tumen River at Namyang, along with a line to Tumen, Manchukuo.[3] This connected Sentetsu to the Manchukuo National Railway's new from Xinjing (now Changchun), capital of Manchukuo, to Tumen, that was also opened in 1933. This established the desired shortest-possible connection from Japan to Harbin via the Korean ports of Ch'ŏngjin and Unggi through Xinjing.
On 1 October 1933, management of Sentetsu's entire route from Ch'ŏngjin to Unggi was transferred to the South Manchuria Railway (Mantetsu), and on 1 November 1934 the Unggi–Namyang section of the Domun Line and the Namyang–Tumen line were merged to form Mantetsu's North Chosen East Line (Unggi–Namyang–Tumen); the Namyang–Sambong section became the North Chosen West Line.[4] In 1936, the "Asahi" express train between Xinjing and Rajin was inaugurated, to connect to the ferry from Rajin to Japan.[4]
In 1940, management of the Ch'ŏngjin–Sambong route was transferred back to Sentetsu, which made it part of its Hamgyeong Line; Mantetsu continued to manage the North Chosen East Line, eventually acquiring outright ownership of the line.[5]
Services[]
The line is used for import-export traffic between the DPRK and China; the primary exports shipped through to China are magnetite, talc and steel, and the main import is coke.[6] These trains are often hauled by Chinese or Korean DF5-type locomotives.[7][8]
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 | Namyang | 남양 (南陽) | Hambuk Line | ||
0.8 | 0.8 | Kukkyŏng | 국경 (國境) | |||
1.2 | 0.4 | Tumen Border Railway Bridge | 두만강 (豆満江) | DPRK−PRC border | ||
3.3 | 3.3 | Tumen, China | 图们 (圖們) | China Railway , , |
References[]
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. 93 ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 669, 28 March 1929 (in Japanese)
- ^ a b 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1963, 26 July 1933 (in Japanese)
- ^ a b "南満州鉄道株式会社全路線". Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
- ^ 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 5461, 21 April 1945 (in Japanese)
- ^ The traffic and geography in North Korea: Hambuk Line (in Korean)
- ^ International train from Namyang to Tumen
- ^ International train from Tumen to Namyang
- Railway lines in North Korea
- Standard gauge railways in North Korea