Pakchon Line

Pakch'ŏn Line
Overview
Native name	박천선(博川線)
Status	Closed
Owner	Chosen Government Railway (1926–1945) Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Locale	Pakch'ŏn-gun, North P'yŏngan
Termini	Maengjungri Pakch'ŏn
Stations	3
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Passenger & freight rail Regional rail
History
Opened	10 December 1926
Technical
Line length	9.3 km (5.8 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map P'yŏngŭi Line former Pakch'ŏn Line 9.3 Pakch'ŏn Closed Asian Highway 1 to Istanbul 5.6 Il'wŏn Closed bridge appx 60 m (200 ft)) bridge appx 50 m (160 ft)) Asian Highway 1 to Tokyo 0.0 Maengjungri bridge appx 925 m (3,035 ft)) Taeryŏng River

The Pakch'ŏn Line is a former non-electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in Pakch'ŏn County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Maengjungri on the P'yŏngŭi Line to Pakch'ŏn.^[1]

The line was originally opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 10 December 1926.^[2] On 10 August 1946 it was nationalised by the Provisional People’s Committee for North Korea along with all other railways in the Soviet-occupied part of Korea, becoming part of the Korean State Railway.^[1]

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