Pyongui Line

P'yŏngŭi Line
View of the platform at Sŏnch'ŏn station on the P'yŏngŭi Line.
Overview
Native name	평의선 (平義線)
Owner	Temporary Military Railway (1905–1906) National Railway (1906–1909) Korea Railway (1909–1910) Chosen Government Railway (1910–1917) South Manchuria Railway (1917–1925) Chosen Government Railway (1925–1945) Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Locale	P'yŏngyang, South P'yŏngan, North P'yŏngan
Termini	P'yŏngyang Sinŭiju Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Stations	33
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Regional rail Passenger/Freight
Depot(s)	P'yŏngyang, West P'yŏngyang, Chŏngju, Sinŭiju Ch'ŏngnyŏn (locomotive); P'yŏngyang, Kangan (rolling stock)
History
Opened	28 April 1905 (freight) 1 April 1908 (passenger)
Technical
Line length	225 km (140 mi)
Number of tracks	Double track (P'yŏngyang–Kalli, Ŏpa–Sukch'ŏn, South Sinŭiju–Sinŭiju Ch'ŏngnyŏn) Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	300 m (980 ft)
Electrification	3000 V DC Catenary
Operating speed	100 km/h (62 mph) (nominal) 40 km/h (25 mph) (actual)
Maximum incline	11‰
Route map Legend P'yŏngbu Line 0.0 P'yŏngyang Pot'onggang Canal (bridge appx 185 m (607 ft)) P'yŏngnam Line 4.7 West P'yŏngyang Kim Chŏng-tae Works 9.6 Sŏp'o Ryongsŏng Line 14.3 San'um San'um Branch 17.6 Kalli Sijŏng Line P'yŏngra Line Pot'ong River (bridge appx 205 m (673 ft)) (bridge appx 150 m (490 ft)) (bridge appx 190 m (620 ft)) P'yŏngyang Airport fuel dump 23.9 Sunan 30.8 Sŏgam T'aegam Co-op Farm (tunnel appx 355 m (1,165 ft)) 41.6 Ŏp'a (tunnel appx 505 m (1,657 ft)) Chun'gyo River (bridge appx 100 m (330 ft)) 52.4 Sukch'ŏn 57.8 Nisŏ Closed 62.7 Mundŏk Sŏhae Line Sŏngbŏp Branch Closed 70.8 Taegyo 76.2 Sinanju Ch'ŏngnyŏn Kaech'ŏn Line Ch'ŏngch'ŏn River (bridge appx 1,200 m (3,900 ft)) 80.2 Ch'ŏngch'ŏn'gang Kubongsan Line 81.0 Maengjungri Pakch'ŏn Line Closed (bridge appx 160 m (520 ft)) Taeryŏng River (bridge appx 945 m (3,100 ft)) 89.6 Unjŏn Changsut'an River (bridge appx 90 m (300 ft)) 102.6 Un'am 111.1 Koŭp (tunnel appx 150 m (490 ft)) Talch'ŏn River (bridge appx 280 m (920 ft)) 123.9 Chŏngju Ch'ŏngnyŏn 2.25 Factory P'yŏngbuk Line 128.6 Hadan (tunnel appx 140 m (460 ft)) 136.5 Kwaksan Taeryŏng River (bridge appx 250 m (820 ft)) (bridge appx 260 m (850 ft)) 147.6 Roha (bridge appx 485 m (1,591 ft)) 157.4 Sŏnch'ŏn (bridge appx 135 m (443 ft)) 167.5 Ch'ŏnggang (bridge appx 220 m (720 ft)) Ch'ŏlsan Line 178.3 Tongrim Ch'ŏlsan Line 191.6 Yŏmju Paengma Line 195.9 Sujŏng Closed 1944 199.3 Naejung 202.1 Tangryŏng Closed 205.0 Ryongju (tunnel appx 375 m (1,230 ft)) Tasado Line 210.1 Ryongch'ŏn 213.4 Ribam Closed Samgyo River (bridge appx 535 m (1,755 ft)) (bridge appx 110 m (360 ft)) 217.2 Ragwŏn Paengma Line 220.2 South Sinŭiju Tŏkhyŏn Line (bridge appx 210 m (690 ft)) (bridge appx 110 m (360 ft)) (bridge appx 170 m (560 ft)) 225.1 Sinŭiju Ch'ŏngnyŏn Kangan Line ↑DPRK Sino–Korean Friendship Bridge (Yalu River) ↓China 227.7 Dandong China Railway Shendan Railway

The P'yŏngŭi Line is an electrified main trunk line of the Korean State Railway of North Korea, running from P'yŏngyang to Sinŭiju on the border with China.^[1] It is the main corridor for overland traffic between North Korea and China, and is one of the country's most important rail lines. A bridge over the Yalu River connects Sinŭiju to the Chinese city of Dandong and the Shendan Line of the China Railway to Shenyang and Chinese points beyond.