Namdong Line

The Namdong Line was a non-electrified secondary railway line of the Korean State Railway in South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, from P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn on the P'yŏngnam Line to Namdong, where it connected to the (now closed) Namdong Branch of the Sŏhae Line.[1]

Namdong Line
Overview
Native name	남동선(南洞線)
Status	Closed
Owner	Korean State Railway
Locale	South P'yŏngan
Termini	P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn Namdong
Stations	11
Service
Type	Heavy rail Passenger rail, Freight rail
Operator(s)	Korean State Railway
History
Closed	2000s?
Technical
Line length	77.3 km (48.0 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Ch'ŏngnam Line Sŏsi Sŏhae Line Ch'ŏngnam Line Namdong Branch Line 77.3 Namdong Closed (bridge appx 65 m (213 ft)) 69.1 Manp'ung Closed (bridge appx 250 m (820 ft)) 61.2 Yŏmjŏn Closed (bridge appx 55 m (180 ft)) (bridge appx 70 m (230 ft)) (bridge appx 180 m (590 ft)) 55.4 Taep'ung Closed West Sea of Korea (bridge appx 165 m (541 ft)) (bridge appx 125 m (410 ft)) 43.9 Hanch'ŏn Closed (bridge appx 180 m (590 ft)) 38.1 Sŏkta Closed (bridge appx 80 m (260 ft)) (bridge appx 40 m (130 ft)) 30.1 Raksaeng Closed (causeway appx 2,185 m (7,169 ft)) West Sea of Korea 21.2 Iap Closed (bridge appx 60 m (200 ft)) 14.5 P'ungjŏng Closed (bridge appx 110 m (360 ft)) 8.4 Ansŏk Closed KPAF Onch'ŏn air base 0.0 P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn P'yŏngnam Line

The line was used to transport coal from the Sŏhae Line to the thermal power plant at Namp'o.[2]

The line was closed sometime in the 2000s; the line was still depicted as active in the 2002 passenger timetable.[3] The tracks, as well as some of the bridges, have since been removed, and in places the right of way is in use as roadway.