Ullyul Line

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Ŭllyul Line
Overview
Native name 은률선(殷栗線)
Type Heavy rail, Passenger/Freight
Regional rail
Status Operational
Locale North Hwanghae
South Hwanghae
Termini Ŭnp'a
Ch'ŏlgwang
Stations 18
Operation
Opened Stages from 1920-1965
Closed Unknown (Sariwŏn - Chaeryŏng)
2002 (Ryongjŏng Branch)
Owner Korean State Railway
Operator(s) Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length 120 km (estimated)
No. of tracks Single track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Old gauge 762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Route map
P'yŏngbu Line
0.0 Sariwŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line, P'yŏngbu Line
1.5 West Sariwŏn Closed
3.6 Migok Closed
Sariwŏn/Ŭnp'a
8.1 Sŏjong Closed
Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
Ŭnp'a
Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
Yangdong
11.9 Samgang Closed
Sahae Line
Ŭnp'a/Chaeryŏng
Kŭmsan
16.0 Kŭmsan Closed
21.5 Chaeryŏng
Chaeryŏng/Sinch'ŏn
25.0 Paeksŏk
29.0 Changchon Closed
32.4 Sinch'ŏn Onch'ŏn
35.1 Sinch'ŏn
41.2 Hwanghae Ryongmun
Sinch'ŏn/Samch'ŏn
46.1 Munhwa Closed
51.6 Samch'ŏn
55.2 Kunghŭng Closed
Wŏlbong
58.4 Yachon Closed
64.1 Sugyo
Samch'ŏn/Songhwa
Changyon Line
Songhwa
Songhwa/Kwail
Sansu
Kwail
Sindae
Kwail/Ŭllyul
Ŭllyul
Kumsanpo
Ŭllyul/Namp'o
 
0.0
Ch'ŏlgwang
Ryongjŏng Branch closed
Sŏhaekammun Line
Namp'o/Ŭllyul
Sŏhae-ri closed
Chŏngmunch'on closed
10.0 Ryongjŏng closed
Ullyul Line
Chosŏn'gŭl
Hancha
Revised Romanization Eunnyulseon
McCune–Reischauer Ŭllyulsŏn

The Ŭllyul Line is a non-electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the North Korean State Railway running from Ŭnp'a on the Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line to Ch'ŏlgwang on the Sŏhaekammun Line.[1]

History

The line is originally one of the Hwanghae Lines of the Chosun Railway Co. Ltd (조선철도). The Sariwŏn–Changyŏn Railway was constructed with 762 mm narrow gauge and expanded in the 1920s and the 1930s as follows:

Date Section Length
21 December 1920 Sariwŏn (Sariwŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn)–Chaeryŏng 21.5 km[2]
16 November 1921 Chaeryŏng–Sinch'ŏn 13.6 km
1 November 1929 Sinch'ŏn–Sugyo 29.0 km
21 January 1937 Sugyo–Changyŏn 17.7 km

The railway was nationalized on 1 April 1944 along with the other Hwanghae Lines and the name was changed to Changyŏn Line of the National Railway.[3]

After the establishment of the government of North Korea the line was widened to standard gauge. For the connection with the Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line the section Ŭnp'a–Chaeryŏng was newly constructed, therefore the previous section, Sariwŏn–Chaeryŏng was closed.[2] With the extension of the line in the direction of Ŭllyul county, the section Sugyo–Changyŏn was separated from the Sariwŏn–Ch'ŏlgwang, with the latter section receiving the present name.

Services

The following passenger trains are known to operate on this line:[1]

  • Semi-express trains 119-122/120-121, operating between Sinch'ŏn and Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn, run on this line between Sinch'ŏn and Ŭnp'a;
  • Semi-express trains 138-139/140-141, operating between Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Changyŏn, run on this line between Ŭnp'a and Sugyo;
  • Regional trains 219/220, operating between Taedonggang and Ch'ŏlgwang, run on the entirety of this line between Ŭnp'a and Ch'ŏlgwang;
  • Regional trains 244-245/246-247, operating between Haeju Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Ch'ŏlgwang, run on the entirety of this line between Ŭnp'a and Ch'ŏlgwang.

Route

Main Line

A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified; a pink background indicates that section is 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge; an orange background indicates that section is non-electrified narrow gauge.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
0.0 Ŭnp'a 은파 Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
Yangdong 양동
16.0 Kŭmsan 금산
21.5 Chaeryŏng 재령
25.0 Paeksŏk 백석
32.4 Sinch'ŏn Onch'ŏn 신천 온천
35.1 Sinch'ŏn 신천
41.3 Hwanghae Ryongmun 황해 룡문
51.7 Samch'ŏn 삼천
55.2 Wŏlbong 월봉
64.1 Sugyo 수교 Changyŏn Line
Songhwa 송화
Sansu 산수
Kwail 과일
Sindae 신대
Ŭllyul 은률
Kŭmsanp'o 금산포
Ch'ŏlgwang 철광 Ryongjŏng Branch, Sŏhaekammun Line

Ryongjŏng Branch

The Ryongjŏng Branch, also known as the Ch'ŏlgwang Line, is a ten-kilometre long, non-electrified 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge line opened in 1962. At its peak the line carried 6,000 tonnes of ore daily. Besides the frequent trains to stations, there were 12 daily round trips to the port, each train consisting of 21 self-unloading hoppers. The line has been out of use since 2002.[4]

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
Ch'ŏlgwang 철광 Ŭllyul Line, Sŏhaekammun Line
Sŏhae-ri 서해리
Chŏngmunch'on 정문촌
10.0 Ryongjŏng 룡정

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), 2007, Tokyo, ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. 2.0 2.1 百年の鉄道旅行(The railway travel for 100 years): The map of Sariwon, scale 1:50000, 1977
  3. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 5143, 29 March 1944
  4. http://www.farrail.net/pages/trip-reports-engl/report_nk-oct-2004.html
  • 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, p508