The Chŏngdo Line is an electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in South Hwanghae Province, North Korea, running from Wangsin station on the Ongjin Line to Chŏngdo station.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),
History Established in 1923 through the merger of six smaller railways,Establishment of the Chosen Railway, Dong-A Ilbo, 3 September 1923 (in Korean) by the mid 1930s the Chosen Railway (Chōtetsu) had become the largest privately owned railway in colonial Korea, and had built an extensive network of narrow gauge rail lines in the Hwanghae region. By the end of 1935, this Hwanghae Line network ran Sariwŏn—Samgang—Sugyo, Samgang—East Haeju—Haeju Port,朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 1492, 26 December 1931 and Haeju—East Haeju—Tosŏng.百年の鉄道旅行 海州市 (100 Years of Rail Travel - Haeju City (in Japanese)
On 10 May 1937, Chōtetsu opened a short () line from Tongp'o, located on the Haeju—Ch'wiya section (extended to Ongjin on 19 May朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 3106, 26 May 1937) of the Hwanghae Line network, to Chŏngdo to serve the Haeju Port.朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 3096, 14 May 1937 After Chōtetsu sold the Hwanghae Line network to the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) on 1 April 1944, Sentetsu split the network into several different lines; the Haeju—Ongjin section became the Ongjin Line, and the Tongp'o—Chŏngdo section became the Chŏngdo Line;朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 5143, 29 March 1944 this line was eventually extended to the port facilities at T'ŏlsŏm.
After the end of the Pacific War and the subsequent partition of Korea, the Chŏngdo Line was located within the territory of the DPRK. After the conversion of the Sariwŏn—Haeju Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line to standard gauge in 1958,North Korea Geographic Information: Transportation Geography - Hwanghae Chongnyon Line (in Korean) the Chŏngdo Line was likewise regauged.百年の鉄道旅行 海州市 (100 Years of Rail Travel - Haeju City (in Japanese) Electrification of the Chŏngdo Line was completed in April 1982.
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 Wangsin 왕신 (王神) Tongp'o 동포 (東浦) Ongjin Line 0.7 0.7 Chŏngdo 정도 (鼎島) Haejuhang (Haeju Port) 애주항 (海州港) Closed T'ŏlsŏmhang (T'ŏlsŏm Port) 털섬항 (-)
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