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Tongp'o Line
Overview
Native name	동포선 (東浦線)
Status	Closed
Owner	Tomun Railway (1924–1929) Chosen Government Railway (1929–1934) South Manchuria Railway (1934–1945) Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Locale	North Hamgyŏng
Termini	Chongsŏng Tongp'o
Stations	2
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Freight rail Regional rail
History
Opened	1 November 1924
Closed	?
Technical
Line length	15.6 km (9.7 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Legend Hambuk Line Tongp'o Line Tumen River 0.0 Chongsŏng Changsaeng-ri 15.6 Tongp'o mine

The Tongp'o Line was a non-electrified 15.6 km (9.7 mi) long railway line of the Korean State Railway in North Korea, connecting Chongsŏng on the Hambuk Line with Tongp'o.

History

It was originally opened by the Tomun Railway together with the Sangsambong−Chongsŏng section of the West Tomun Line on 1 November 1924. It was subsequently nationalised by the Chosen Government Railway in 1929, and from 1934 to 1945 it was managed by the South Manchuria Railway. Finally, after the partition of Korea it became part of the Korean State Railway. The date of closure is not known.

Services

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.

Route

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

References

1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 669, 28 March 1929 (in Japanese)
3. 南満州鉄道株式会社全路線 Archived 2013-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
4. "북한지리정보: 운수지리 함북선". Naver. Retrieved 2017-08-16.

v t e Tongp'o Line
Mainline	Chongsŏng Tongp'o

• Railway lines in North Korea
• Standard gauge railways in North Korea