Tasado Line
Railway line in North Korea
title: "Tasado 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/Tasado_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 |
|---|---|
| name | Tasado Line |
| native_name | 다사도선(多獅島線) |
| native_name_lang | ko |
| type | Heavy rail, Regional rail |
| Passenger/Freight | |
| status | Operational |
| locale | North P'yŏngan |
| start | Ryongch'ŏn |
| end | Tasado Port |
| stations | 6 |
| open | 31 October 1939 |
| owner | Tasado Railway (1939–1945) |
| Korean State Railway (since 1945) | |
| linelength_km | 24.1 |
| tracks | Single track |
| gauge | |
| minradius | 250 m |
| maxincline | 12‰ |
| map | [[Image:DPRK-Tasado Line.png |
| inline | 1 |
| WABZg+l\WASSERq\RP1oW\hKRZWae\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq~~ ~~ ~~(bridge appx {{convert | 35 |
| WASSER\RP1\STRc1\BHF2+4\STRc3\~~{{BSsplit | 10.5 |
| WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\WASSERq\WASSERq\WBRÜCKE2\WASSERq\WASSERq~~ ~~ ~~(bridge appx {{convert | 25 |
| :: |
| name=Tasado Line
| native_name=다사도선(多獅島線)
| native_name_lang=ko
| type=Heavy rail, Regional rail
Passenger/Freight
| system=
| status=Operational
| locale=North P'yŏngan
| start=Ryongch'ŏn
| end=Tasado Port
| stations=6
| open = 31 October 1939
| owner= Tasado Railway (1939–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
| operator=
| character =
| stock =
| linelength_km=24.1
| tracks = Single track
| gauge=
| minradius=250 m
| maxincline=12‰
| routenumber=
| linenumber=
| electrification=
| speed_km/h=
| map = [[Image:DPRK-Tasado Line.png|300px]]
| inline=1
| map=
\\uCONTg\RP1\~~ ~~ P'yŏngŭi Line
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\RP1\vSHI2gl-!vSTRl-\STR+r\eHST~3.5Closed
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\RP1\KBSTaq\ABZqr\STRr\STR\WORKS ~~ Pukchung Machine Complex
\RP1\\STR+l\STRq\STRr ~~
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WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\WASSERq\WASSERq\WBRÜCKE2\WASSERq\WASSERq~~ ~~ ~~(bridge appx 25 m)
WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\RP1+l\SKRZ-G1BUE\RP1q\RP1q\RP1q
WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\RP1\HST\~~16.8~~Sinjŏngri
WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\WASSERq\RP1oW\hKRZWae\WASSERq\WASSERq
WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\RP1+l\RP1rf\STR\
WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\RP1\CSTRae\~~ ~~ ~~Yellow Sea
WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\RP1l\RP1+r\STR\
WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\WASSERq\RP1oW\hKRZWae\WASSERq\WASSERq
WFILL\WFILL\WFILL\RP1\STR\
WFILL\WFILL\WDOCKSe-L\RP1\HST\~~20.5Tasado
WFILL\WFILL\WDOCKSc4!West Tasado~~ RP1+l\RP1q\RP1xRP1\SKRZ-G1BUE\RP1q\RP1q23.1
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WFILL\WDOCKSc4!~exKBSTa\RP1\STR\\\exWORKSexBUEq\eABZg+r\\24.1~~Tasado Port
|hangul=^다사도선
|hanja=多獅島線
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The Tasado Line is a non-electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Ryongch'ŏn on the P'yŏngŭi Line to Tasado Port.
Running through gentle territory, the Tasado Line's ruling grade is 12‰, the minimum curve radius is 250 m, and there are five bridges with a total length of 81 m.
History
The Tasado Line was opened by the Tasado Railway on 31 October 1939, as a 39.5 km line from Sinŭiju to Tasado Port via Yangsi, to provide the Oji Paper Company's plant in Sinŭiju (today the Sinŭiju Chemical Fibre Complex a means of shipping its products out via the port at Tasado, as the Yalu River freezes in winter. The Sinŭiju–Yangsi section of the line was transferred to the Chosen Government Railway on 1 April 1943 as the Yangsi Line.
After the partition of Korea the line was within the territory of the DPRK; Yangsi Station was given its current name, Ryongch'ŏn Station some time after the partition. The line suffered considerable damage during the Korean War, including the destruction of the bridge west of Pukchung; this was rebuilt in September 1971, restoring service on the entirety of the line.
Services
At Pukchung the line serves the Pukchung Machine Complex factory, while beyond the station at the town of Tasado, it continues on to serve the Korean People's Navy base at Tasado Port. Coal, metal and metal products, fertilisers, agricultural products and materials required at the navy base are the major commodities shipped on the line.
There are five daily return commuter trains between Ryongch'ŏn and Tasado.
Route
A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified.
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| Distance (km) | Station Name | Former Name | Total | S2S | Transcribed | Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) | Transcribed | Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) | Connections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | 0.0 | Ryongch'ŏn | 룡천 (龍川) | Yangsi | 양시 (楊市) | P'yŏngŭi Line | |||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Pukchung | 북중 (北中) | Station relocated | |||||
| 5.0 | 5.0 | Pukchung | 북중 (北中) | ||||||
| 10.5 | 7.0 | Ryongamp'o | 룡암포 (龍岩浦) | ||||||
| 16.8 | 3.6 | Sinjŏngri | 신정리 (信井里) | ||||||
| 20.5 | 3.7 | Tasado | 다사도 (多獅島) | ||||||
| 24.1 | 3.6 | Tasadohang (Tasado Port) | 다사도항 (多獅島港) | Kwakkot Ch'oe Harbour KPN base | |||||
| :: |
References
References
- Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), {{ISBN. 978-4-10-303731-6
- [http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2090766&cid=44454&categoryId=44461 North Korea Geographic Information: Transportation Geography - Tasado Line (in Korean)]
- 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 3841, 8 November 1939
- 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 4837, 19 March 1943
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