Paengmu Line

The Paengmu Line is a partially electrified narrow gauge line of the Korean State Railway running from Paeg'am on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line to Musan on the Musan Line, in the Ryanggang and North Hamgyŏng provinces of North Korea.

Paengmu Line
Overview
Native name백무선(白茂線)
StatusOperational
OwnerChosen Government Railway (1934–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
LocaleRyanggang,
North Hamgyŏng
Termini
  • Paeg'am Ch'ŏngnyŏn
  • Musan
Stations28
Service
TypeHeavy rail, Regional rail
History
OpenedStages between 1934–1944
Technical
Line length191.7 km (119.1 mi)
Number of tracksSingle track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (Paegam–Taet'aek)
762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Electrification1500 V DC Catenary
(Taet'aek–Kulsong, formerly to Yugok)
Route map
Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
0.0
 Paeg'am Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
(bridge appx 55 m (180 ft))
(bridge appx 60 m (200 ft))
6.6
 Taet'aek
7.9
 Taet'aek
11.9
 Pukkyesu
sawmill
17.6
 Sangdonae
sawmill
Sŏdusu
(bridge appx 50 m (160 ft))
24.2
 Tonae
sawmill
29.2
 Sanghwangt'o
(bridge appx 30 m (98 ft))
Sŏdusu
(bridge appx 45 m (148 ft))
33.8
 San'yangdae
Sŏdusu
(bridge appx 60 m (200 ft))
40.5
 Sŏdu
(bridge appx 25 m (82 ft))
(bridge appx 25 m (82 ft))
47.1
 Yŏnp'yŏng
Sŏdusu
(bridge appx 70 m (230 ft))
1.7
 Yŏnsu
Sŏgyesu
(bridge on main appx 60 m (200 ft))
(bridge on branch appx 65 m (213 ft))
55.9
0.0
 Yŏn'am
58.4
 Kulsong
(bridge appx 35 m (115 ft))
63.5
 Sangdan
Closed
(bridge appx 120 m (390 ft))
(bridge appx 60 m (200 ft))
68.6
 Samsa
Closed
(bridge appx 80 m (260 ft))
(bridge appx 100 m (330 ft))
reservoir of Paektusan Sŏn'gun
Youth Power Station
(bridge appx 120 m (390 ft))
77.4
 Ch'ŏnsu
(bridge appx 80 m (260 ft))
(tunnel appx 130 m (430 ft))
86.0
 Hahwangt'o
Hwangt'oamsu
(bridge appx 75 m (246 ft))
90.1
 Sanggyŏngpyŏng
Hwangt'oamsu
(bridge appx 155 m (509 ft))
Hwangt'oamsu
(bridge appx 195 m (640 ft))
96.1
 Hagyŏngpyŏng
Closed
100.5
 Yup'yŏngdong
Closed
111.0
 Yugok
(tunnel appx 465 m (1,526 ft))
switchback
117.4
 Rajŏk
126.9
 Samyu
(tunnel appx 155 m (509 ft))
129.5
 Sodo
136.8
 Yŏnsa
(bridge appx 120 m (390 ft))
(bridge appx 50 m (160 ft))
143.4
 Hambuk Sinjang
150.1
 Yŏnsu
(tunnel appx 125 m (410 ft))
Yŏnmyŏnsu
(bridge appx 125 m (410 ft))
Yŏnmyŏnsu
(bridge appx 175 m (574 ft))
Yŏnmyŏnsu
(bridge appx 115 m (377 ft))
Yŏnmyŏnsu
(bridge appx 130 m (430 ft))
158.4
 Tuam
Oroch'ŏn
(bridge appx 90 m (300 ft))
164.8
 Yŏnsang
(tunnel appx 510 m (1,670 ft))
174.1
 Hŭngam
(tunnel appx 70 m (230 ft))
(tunnel appx 85 m (279 ft))
(tunnel appx 45 m (148 ft))
(tunnel appx 25 m (82 ft))
(tunnel appx 80 m (260 ft))
181.2
 Namch'on
186.0
 Tokso
(bridge appx 55 m (180 ft))
(tunnel appx 120 m (390 ft))
Musan Line
191.7
 Musan
Musan Line
Paengmu Line
Chosŏn'gŭl
백무선
Hancha
Revised RomanizationBaengmu-seon
McCune–ReischauerPaengmu-sŏn

The electrified section originally ran 111 km (69 mi) from Paeg'am Ch'ŏngnyŏn station to Yugok, whence the remaining 80.7 km (50.1 mi) to the terminus at Musan remained unelectrified. Since the closure of part of the line due to the construction of a reservoir, the line has been split into two disconnected sections, the electrified Paeg'am—Kulsong and the non-electrified Ch'ŏnsu—Musan sections. A new standard gauge section from Paeg'am to Taet'aek, roughly paralleling the narrow-gauge line, was built in 2013.

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