The Pyeongbuk Railway (Japanese: 平北鐵道株式會社, Heihoku Tetsudō Kabushiki Kaisha; Korean: 평북철도주식회사, Pyeongbuk Cheoldo Jusikhoesa) was a privately owned railway company in Japanese-occupied Korea.

Pyeongbuk Railway Co. Ltd.
Overview
Native name평북철도주식회사 (Pyeongbuk Cheoldo Jusikhoesa)
平北鐵道株式會社 (Heihoku Tetsudō Kabushiki Kaisha)
Route map

0.0
Jeongju
10.4
Goan
16.5
Bongmyeong
28.4
Banghyeon
41.2
Pyeongbuk Guseong
49.0
Baegun
63.9
Daean
70.5
Daegwan
78.2
Changpyeong
91.2
Sakju Oncheon
100.0
Sakju
105.9
Sinan
113.7
Pupung
4.1
Supung Hoan
2.5
Supung
120.5
Cheongsu
Shanghekou

History

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The Pyeongbuk Railway opened its mainline, from Jeongju on the Chosen Government Railway's GyeongseongSinuiju Gyeongui Line to Cheongsu on 27 September 1939 as an industrial railway to serve the Supung Hydroelectric Power Plant on the Yalu River, opening the Supung Line branch from Pupung on the mainline to the dam at the same time.[1] At Cheongsu a bridge was built across the Yalu River to connect with the Fengshang Railway at Shanghekou, Manchukuo, and on 30 September 1940, the Pyeongbuk Railway opened the Supung Hoan Line.[2]

After the partition of Korea the line was within the territory of the DPRK, and was nationalised by the Provisional People’s Committee for North Korea along with all other railways in the Soviet zone of occupation on 10 August 1946, becoming the P'yŏngbuk Line of the Korean State Railway.[3]

Services

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In the last timetable issued prior to the start of the Pacific War, the Pyeongbuk Railway had six daily passenger trains on the schedule, three round trips between Jeongju and Supung, and three between Cheongsu and Supung:[4]

Jeongju - Supung
Distance
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Price
Korean yen
501 11 103 Station name Distance
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Price
Korean yen
502 12 106
0.0 - 06:40 11:00 16:35 Jeongju 116.2 4.70 12:52 18:28 22:13
41.2 1.70 08:46 12:32 18:28 Pyeongbuk Guseong 75.0 3.00 11:27 15:20 21:00
116.6 4.70 12:12 15:20 21:54 Supung 0.0 - 07:50 14:10 17:50
Supung - Cheongsu
Distance
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Price
Korean yen
401 405 407 Station name Distance
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Price
Korean yen
402 406 408
0.0 - 06:30 11:54 16:10 Supung 9.3 0.40 08:46 14:00 18:06
9.3 0.40 06:55 12:27 16:35 Cheongsu 0.0 - 08:18 13:32 17:34

Rolling Stock

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A Class 4110 locomotive preserved in Japan.

Four Class 4110 steam locomotives were sent from the Japanese Government Railway to the Pyeongbuk Railway after conversion to standard gauge.[5]

Network

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平北線 - 평북선 - Heihoku Line - Pyeongbuk Line
Distance Station name
Total; km S2S; km Transcribed, Korean Transcribed, Japanese Hunminjeongeum Hanja/Kanji Connections
0.0 0.0 Jeongju Jōshū 정주 定州 Sentetsu Gyeongui Line
10.4 10.4 Koan Kōan 고안 高安
16.5 6.1 Bongmyeong Hōmei 봉명 鳳鳴
28.4 11.9 Banghyeon Hōken 방현 方峴
41.2 12.8 Pyeongbuk Guseong Heihoku Kujō 평북구성 平北亀城
49.0 7.8 Baekun Hakuun 백운 白雲
63.9 14.9 Daean Daiain 대안 大安
70.5 6.6 Daegwan Daikan 대관 大館
78.2 7.7 Changpyeong Shōhei 창평 昌坪
91.2 13.0 Sakju Oncheon Sakushū Onsen 삭주온천 朔州温泉
100.0 8.8 Sakju Sakushū 삭주 朔州
105.9 5.9 Sin-an Shin'an 신안 新安
113.7 7.8 Bupung Fūhō 부풍 富豊 Supung Line,
Supung Hoan Line
120.5 6.8 Cheongsu Shōsui 청수 青水
Amnokgang
Yalu River
Ōryokkō 압록강 鴨綠江 Korea-Manchukuo border
Shanghekou Shankōkō - 上河口 Fengshang Railway
水豊線 - 수풍선 - Suihō Line - Supung Line
Distance Station name
Total; km S2S; km Transcribed, Korean Transcribed, Japanese Hunminjeongeum Hanja/Kanji Connections
0.0 0.0 Bupung Fūhō 부풍 富豊 Pyeongbuk Line,
Supung Hoan Line
2.5 2.5 Supung Suihō 수풍 水豊
水豊湖岸線 - 수풍호안선 - Suihō Kogan Line - Supung Hoan Line
Distance Station name
Total; km S2S; km Transcribed, Korean Transcribed, Japanese Hunminjeongeum Hanja/Kanji Connections
0.0 0.0 Bupung Fūhō 부풍 富豊 Pyeongbuk Line,
Supung Line
2.5 2.5 Supung Hoan Suihō Kogan 수풍호안 水豊湖岸

References

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  1. ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 3813, 3 October 1939
  2. ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 4114, 7 October 1940
  3. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. 131 ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  4. ^ Tōa Travel Co. (東亜旅行社), Ministry of Railways Combined Timetable 1 November 1942 (鐵道省編纂時刻表昭和17年11月1日)
  5. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. 66 ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6