Pakchon Line

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title: "Pakchon Line" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["railway-lines-in-north-korea", "standard-gauge-railways-in-north-korea"] description: "Railway line in North Korea" topic_path: "general/railway-lines-in-north-korea" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakchon_Line" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Railway line in North Korea ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox rail line"]

Field	Value
box_width	auto
name	Pakch'ŏn Line
native_name	박천선(博川線)
native_name_lang	ko
type	Heavy rail, Passenger & freight rail
Regional rail
status	Closed
locale	Pakch'ŏn-gun, North P'yŏngan
start	Maengjungri
end	Pakch'ŏn
stations	3
open	10 December 1926
owner	Chosen Government Railway (1926–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
linelength_km	9.3
tracks	Single track
gauge
map	[[Image:DPRK-Pakchon Line.png
inline	1
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|hangul=^박천선 |hanja=博川線

The Pakch'ŏn Line is a former non-electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in Pakch'ŏn County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Maengjungri on the P'yŏngŭi Line to Pakch'ŏn.

History

The line was originally opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 10 December 1926. On 10 August 1946 it was nationalised by the Provisional People’s Committee for North Korea along with all other railways in the Soviet-occupied part of Korea, becoming part of the Korean State Railway.

Route

A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified.

::data[format=table] | Distance (km) | Station Name | Former Name | Total | S2S | Transcribed | Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) | Transcribed | Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) | Connections (former) | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 0.0 | 0.0 | Maengjungri | 맹중리 (孟中里) | | | (P'yŏngŭi Line) | | | | | 5.6 | 5.6 | Ilwŏn | 일원 (一院) | | | Closed | | | | | 9.3 | 3.7 | Pakch'ŏn | 박천 (博川) | | | Closed | | | | ::

References

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), {{ISBN. 978-4-10-303731-6
2. [[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, p. 487

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