Tasado Line

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Native name다사도선(多獅島線)
StatusOperational
OwnerTasado Railway (1939–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Tasado Line
Overview
Native name다사도선(多獅島線)
StatusOperational
OwnerTasado Railway (1939–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
LocaleNorth P'yŏngan
Termini
Stations6
Service
TypeHeavy rail, Regional rail
Passenger/Freight
History
Opened31 October 1939
Technical
Line length24.1 km (15.0 mi)
Number of tracksSingle track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius250 m (820 ft)
Maximum incline12‰
Route map

0.0
Ryongch'ŏn
3.5
Pukchung
Closed
5.0
Pukchung
(bridge appx 35 m (115 ft))
10.5
0.0
Ryongamp'o
3.4
Ryongamp'o Sea Fishing Co.
6.4
Chinhŭng
bulk loading
(bridge appx 25 m (82 ft))
16.8
Sinjŏngri
20.5
Tasado
23.1
West Tasado
Closed
1.4
24.1
Tasado Port
Tasado Line
Hangul
다사도선
Hanja
多獅島線
RRDasadoseon
MRTasadosŏn

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.[1]

Running through gentle territory, the Tasado Line's ruling grade is 12‰, the minimum curve radius is 250 m (820 ft), and there are five bridges with a total length of 81 m (266 ft).[2]

The Tasado Line was opened by the Tasado Railway on 31 October 1939, as a 39.5 km (24.5 mi) line from Sinŭiju to Tasado Port via Yangsi,[3] 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.[4]

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.[2]

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