Manpo Line

Overview

Native name

만포선(滿浦線)

Type

Heavy rail, Regional rail

Termini

Sunch'ŏn
Manpo Ch'ŏngnyŏn

Stations

Operation

Opened

Stages between 1918 - 1939
1 Oct. 1939 connected with the Meiji Line

Owner

Korean State Railway

Operator(s)

Korean State Railway

Technical

Line length

299.9 km (186.3 mi)

Number of tracks

Single track

Track gauge

1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge

Electrification

3000 V DC Catenary

Route map

Legend

P'yŏngra Line

0.0

Sunch'ŏn

P'yŏngra Line

10.9

Chungp'yŏng

↑Sunch'ŏn/Kaech'ŏn↓

17.7

Kagam

22.1

Ryongwol-li

Taegak

Taegak Branch

32.6

Ch'ŏndong

Choyang Colliery Branch

Kuŭp

Kaech'ŏn Line

Sŏkkan

38.9

Kaech'ŏn

22.1

Choyang

46.9

Wŏlli

Pongch'ŏn Colliery Branch

49.9

Pongch'ŏn

2.0

Pongch'ŏn T'an'gwang

4.2

Chŏngjin

Chŏngjin Branch

54.0

Chajak

58.3

Ramjŏn

↑Kaech'ŏn/Kujang↓

P'yŏngdŏk Line

Ryong'am Branch

63.0

Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn

Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'alwŏn Line

7.4

Ryong'am

68.5

Ŏryong

Ryongmun Branch

7.1

Ryongmun T'an'gwang

71.5

Sinhŭngdong

↑Kujang/Hyangsan↓

81.1

Puksinhyŏn

Unsan Line

90.1

Myohyangsan

↑Hyangsan/Hŭich'ŏn↓

103.0

Pusŏng

109.8

Hŭich'ŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn

Ch'ŏngha

122.9

Ch'osang

↑Hŭich'ŏn/Tongsin↓

129.3

Tongsin

↑Tongsin/Songwŏn↓

140.0

Kaegu Ch'ŏngnyŏn

Ryŏnmok

↑Songwŏn/Chŏnch'ŏn↓

156.6

Chinp'yŏng

167.3

Koin

174.2

Riman

Changpyŏng

189.5

Unsong

195.1

Chŏnch'ŏn

203.1

Hwaam

↑Chŏnch'ŏn/Sŏnggan↓

212.5

Ssangbangdong

217.4

Chungsŏnggan

221.5

Sŏnggan

230.5

Sinch'ŏng-ri

Puji

↑Songgan/Kanggye↓

243.9

Kongin

Kanggye Line

250.6

Kanggye

260.9

Kokha

269.8

Ssangbu

276.9

Anch'an

286.0

Sijung

291.9

Kŏnha

Pukpu Line

6.5

Unha

299.9

Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn

Kuo

Unha Branch

↑DPRK

Yalu River

↓China

310.4

Ji'an

Meiji Line

Manpo Line
Chosŏn'gŭl	만 포 선
Hancha	滿浦線
Revised Romanization	Manposeon
McCune–Reischauer	Manp'osŏn

The Manp'o Line is an electrified standard-gauge trunk line of the North Korean State Railway running from Sunch'ŏn on the P'yŏngra Line to Manp'o on the Pukpu Line.^[1] The line continues on from Manp'o to Ji'an, China.

History

The Kaech'ŏn–Ch'ŏndong section was originally a 762 mm narrow-gauge line operated by the Kaech'ŏn Light Railway. This section was bought by the Chosen Government Railway and was converted to standard gauge, the reconstruction being completed on 15 July 1933, whose length was changed to 6.3 km.^[2]

The CGR continued executing the plan of the construction of the main line and the line was extended between 1932 and 1939 as follows:

Date	Section	Length
1 November 1932	Sunch'ŏn–Ch'ŏndong	32.6 km
15 October 1933	Kaech'ŏn–Kujang	24.1 km
1 November 1934	Kujang–Hŭich'ŏn	46.8 km
1 October 1935	Hŭich'ŏn–Kaegu	30.2 km
1 December 1936	Kaegu–Chŏnch'ŏn (Hwaam)	63.1 km
1 December 1937	Chŏnch'ŏn (Hwaam)–Kanggye	47.5 km
1 February 1939	Kanggye–Manp'o	49.3 km

On 1 October 1939 the line was connected to the Meiji Line in Manchukuo, as the Ji'an Yalu River Border Railway Bridge was completely constructed.

In 1948, the electrification of the section from Kaegu to Koin was completed, but this was subsequently destroyed during the Korean War. The electrification of the entire line was finally completed in 1980.

Services

The following passenger trains are known to operate on this line and its branches:^[1]

Express trains 15-16/17-18, operating between Haeju Ch'ŏngnyon and Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn, run on this line between Sunch'ŏn and Manp'o;
Express trains 19/20, operating between P'yŏngyang and Hŭich'ŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn, run on this line between Sunch'ŏn and Hŭich'ŏn;
Semi-express trains 124-125/126-127, operating between Sinŭiju Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Ch'ongjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn, run on this line between Kaech'ŏn and Sunch'ŏn;
Semi-express trains 134-135/136-137, operating between Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Hamhŭng, run on this line between Manp'o and Sunch'ŏn;
Semi-express trains 138-139/140-141, operating between Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Changyŏn, run on this line between Manp'o and Kujang;
Local trains 250/251, operating between Sinŭiju Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Hŭich'ŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn, run on this line between Kaech'ŏn and Hŭich'ŏn.

An international passenger service from Manp'o to Ji'an exists in the form of a single passenger car attached to the daily cross-border freight train. This train is not open to use by foreigners other than ethnic Koreans from China.

Route

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

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Sunch'ŏn	순천	P'yŏngra Line
10.9	Chungp'yŏng	중평
17.7	Kag'am	각암
22.1	Ryongwŏl-li	룡원리
32.6	Ch'ŏndong	천동	Taegak Branch
38.9	Kaech'ŏn	개천	Kaech'ŏn Line, Choyang Colliery Branch
46.9	Wŏlli	원리
49.9	Pongch'ŏn	봉천	Pongch'ŏn Colliery Branch
54.0	Chajak	자작	Chŏngjin Branch
58.3	Ramjŏn	람전
63.0	Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn	구장청년	P'yŏngdŏk Line, Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'alwŏn Line, Ryong'am Branch
68.5	Ŏryong	어룡	Ryongmun Branch
71.5	Sinhŭngdong	신흥동
81.1	Puksinhyŏn	북신현	Unsan Line
90.1	Myohyangsan	묘향산	Branch to governmental station
103.0	Pusŏng	부성
109.8	Hŭich'ŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn	희천청년
114.7	Ch'ŏnha	천하
122.9	Ch'osang	초상
129.3	Tongsin	동신
140.0	Kaego Ch'ŏngnyŏn	개고청년
156.6	Chinp'yŏng	진평
167.3	Koin	고인
174.2	Riman	리만
189.5	Unsong	운송
195.1	Chŏnch'on	전천
203.1	Hwaam	화암
212.5	Ssangbangdong	쌍방동
217.4	Chungsŏnggan	중성간
221.5	Sŏnggan	성간
230.5	Sinch'ŏng-ri	신청리
243.9	Kongin	공인
250.6	Kanggye	강계	Kanggye Line
260.9	Kokha	곡하
269.8	Ssangbu	쌍부
276.9	Anch'an	안찬
286.0	Sijung	시중
291.9	Kŏnha	건하
299.9	Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn	만포청년	Pukpu Line, Unha Branch

Taegak Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
	Ch'ŏndong	천동	Manp'o Line
	Taegak	대각

Choyang Colliery Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Kaech'ŏn	개천	Kaech'ŏn Line, Manp'o Line
	Kuŭp	구읍
	Sŏkkan	석간
22.1	Choyang T'an'gwang	조양탄광

Pongch'ŏn Colliery Branch

Not electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Pongch'ŏn	봉천	Manp'o Line
2.0	Pongch'ŏn T'an'gwang	봉천탄광

Chŏngjin Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
	Chajak	자작	Manp'o Line
4.2	Chŏngjin	정진

Ryong'am Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn	구장 청년	P'yŏngdŏk Line, Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'alwŏn Line, Manp'o Line
7.4	Ryong'am	용암

Ryongmun Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Ŏryong	어룡	Manp'o Line
7.1	Ryongmun T'an'gwang (Coal Mine)	룡문탄광

Unha Branch

Electrified.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn	만포청년	Pukpu Line, Manp'o Line
	Kuo	구오
6.5	Unha	운하

References

1 2 Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
↑ 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1947, 7 July 1933 (in Japanese)

Japanese Government Railways (1937), 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, p 497

Manp'o Line

Mainline	Sunch'ŏn Chungp'yŏng Kag'am Ryongwŏl-li Ch'ŏndong Kaech'ŏn Wŏlli Pongch'ŏn Chajak Ramjŏn Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn Ŏryong Sinhŭngdong Puksinhyŏn Myohyangsan Pusŏng Hŭich'ŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn Ch'ŏnha Ch'osang Tongsin Kaegu Ch'ŏngnyŏn Chinp'yŏng Koin Riman Unsong Chŏnch'ŏn Hwaam Ssangbangdong Chungsŏnggan Sŏnggan Sinch'ŏng-ri Kongin Kanggye Kokha Ssangbu Anch'an Sijung Kŏnha Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn

Taegak Branch	Ch'ŏndong Taegak

Choyang Colliery Branch	Kaech'ŏn Kuŭp Sŏkkan Choyang T'an'gwang

Pongch'ŏn Colliery Branch	Pongch'ŏn Pongch'ŏn T'an'gwang

Chŏngjin Branch	Chajak Chŏngjin

Ryong'am Branch	Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn Ryong'am

Ryongmun Branch	Ŏryong Ryongmun T'an'gwang

Unha Branch	Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn Kuo Unha

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