Ullyul Line

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)
Number of tracks Single track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Old gauge 762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Route map
Legend
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 은률선
Hancha 殷栗線
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]

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 2 Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), 2007, Tokyo, ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. 1 2 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

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