Taean Line

	Taean Line
Chosŏn'gŭl	대안선
Hancha	大安線
Revised Romanization	Daean-seon
McCune–Reischauer	Taean-sŏn

Taean Line
Overview
Native name	대안선 (大安線)
Type	Heavy rail, Freight rail
Status	Operational
Locale	Namp'o-t'ŭkpyŏlsi
Termini	Kangsŏ ; Taean Hwamul
Stations	3
Operation
Owner	Chosen Government Railway (before 1945); Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Operator(s)	Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length	11.7 km (7.3 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3000 V DC Overhead line
Route map
	Legend

Last updated February 26, 2019

The Taean Line is an electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in Namp'o-t'ŭkpyŏlsi, North Korea, running from Kangsŏ in Kangsŏ-guyŏk on the P'yŏngnam Line to Taean Freight Station in Taean-guyŏk.^[1]

The Korean State Railway is the operating arm of the Ministry of Railways of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and has its headquarters at P'yŏngyang. The current Minister of Railways is Chon Kil-su, who has held the position since 2009.

Nampo, also spelled Namp'o, is a city and seaport in South Pyongan Province, North Korea, which lies on the northern shore of the Taedong River, 15 km east of the river's mouth. Formerly known as Chinnamp'o, it was a provincial-level "Directly Governed City" ("Chikhalsi") from 1980 to 2004, and was designated a "Special City", in 2010, and made a part of South P'yŏngan. Namp'o is approximately 50 km southwest of P'yŏngyang, at the mouth of the Taedong River.

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, with Pyongyang the capital and the largest city in the country. The name Korea is derived from Goguryeo which was one of the great powers in East Asia during its time, ruling most of the Korean Peninsula, Manchuria, parts of the Russian Far East and Inner Mongolia, under Gwanggaeto the Great. To the north and northwest, the country is bordered by China and by Russia along the Amnok and Tumen rivers; it is bordered to the south by South Korea, with the heavily fortified Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two. Nevertheless, North Korea, like its southern counterpart, claims to be the legitimate government of the entire peninsula and adjacent islands.

History

The Taean Line was originally built during the Japanese occupation of Korea by the Chosen Government Railway. After the defeat of Japan in the Pacific War and the subsequent partition of Korea, the entirety of the line, being north of the 38th parallel, was located in the Soviet zone of occupation; on 10 August 1946, the Provisional People's Committee for North Korea nationalised all railways within its jurisdiction, including the Taean Line, and it has since been operated by the Korean State Railway.^[1]

The Chosen Government Railway was a state-owned railway company in Korea under Japanese rule. It was a department of the Railway Bureau of the Government-General of Korea, whose functions were the management and operation of railways in Korea, as well as the supervision of privately owned railway companies.

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian continent and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea in the south.

The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War, was the theater of World War II that was fought in the Pacific and Asia. It was fought over a vast area that included the Pacific Ocean and islands, the South West Pacific, South-East Asia, and in China.

Services

All freight heading to and from the Taean Machine Complex located in Taean moves via this line. Steel arrives there from the Kimch'aek Iron & Steel Complex, the Hwanghae Iron & Steel Complex and the Ch'ŏllima Steel Complex, nonferrous metals from the Munp'yŏng Smelter, and imported materials and parts unloaded from ships at Namp'o Port.^[2] Also served by rail here are the Taean Electric Factory, and the Taean Friendship Glass Factory.^[3]

The Taean Machine Complex is machinery factory in Taean-dong, Taean-guyŏk, Namp'o Special City, North Korea producing a wide array of electric machinery for industrial and household use.

The Ch'ŏllima Steel Complex in Kangch'ŏl-dong, Ch'ŏllima-guyŏk, Namp'o is one of North Korea's largest steel mills with an annual production capacity in the millions of tons. Originally opened during the Japanese colonial era as the Kangsŏn Steel Works, it was nationalised after the partition of Korea and has since been expanded several times.

Namp'ohang Station is a freight-only railway station in Haean-dong, Hanggu-guyŏk, Namp'o Special City, North Korea. It is the terminus of the Namp'ohang Line from Namp'o on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway.

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	Kangsŏ	강서 (江西)	Kiyang	기양 (岐陽)	P'yŏngnam Line
9.7	9.7	P'yŏngnam Taean	평남대안 (平南大安)
11.7	2.0	Taean Hwamul	대안화물 (大安貨物)			Taean Machine Complex, Taean Electric Factory, Taean Friendship Glass Factory

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The Taean Friendship Glass Factory, located in Choje-ri, Taean-guyŏk, Namp'o, North Korea, is a factory producing plate glass and other glass products.

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The Posan Line is an electrified freight-only railway line of the Korean State Railway in South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea from Kangsŏ at the junction of the P'yŏngnam and Taean Lines, to Posan.

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References

1 2 Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
↑ "통합 검색 결과 : 대안중기계련합기업소 (in Korean)" . Retrieved 14 December 2016.
↑ "북한 군수공장 시리즈 11: 님퍼특별시에 소재한 군수공장 및 시설 (in Korean)" . Retrieved 14 December 2016.

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[Hayato-1] 1 2 Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6

[2] "통합 검색 결과 : 대안중기계련합기업소 (in Korean)" . Retrieved 14 December 2016.

[3] "북한 군수공장 시리즈 11: 님퍼특별시에 소재한 군수공장 및 시설 (in Korean)" . Retrieved 14 December 2016.