Tongpo Line

Tongp'o Line
Overview
Native name	동포선 (東浦ひがしうら線せん)
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 Hambuk Line Tongp'o Line Tumen River 0.0 Chongsŏng Changsaeng-ri 15.6 Tongp'o mine

Tongpo Line
Chosŏn'gŭl	동포선
Hancha	東ひがし浦うら線せん
Revised Romanization	Dongpo-seon
McCune–Reischauer	Tongp'o-sŏn

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.

Distance (km)		Station Name		Former Name
Total	S2S	Transcribed	Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja)	Transcribed	Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja)	Connections
0.0	0.0	Chongsŏng	종성 (鍾城)			Hambuk Line
15.6	15.6	Tongp'o	동포 (東浦ひがしうら)			Closed.