The Tŏkhyŏn Line is a non-electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from South Sinŭiju on the P'yŏngŭi Line to Tŏkhyŏn.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),
The ruling grade on the line is 12‰ and the minimum curve radius is . There are 13 bridges with a total length of , and there are no tunnels.North Korea Geographic Information: Transportation Geography - Tŏkhyŏn Line (in Korean)
History The Tŏkhyŏn Line was opened by the Korean State Railway in April 1971.
Services The primary function of the Tŏkhyŏn Line is to deliver iron ore from the mines around Tŏkhyŏn to the September Iron & Steel Complex (9월제철종합기업소) in Sinŭiju and the Hwanghae Iron & Steel Complex on the Songrim Line, thus the bulk of southbound freight is ore from the mines.
Three pairs of commuter trains run on the line between Sinŭiju Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Tŏkhyŏn stations.
Route
A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified.
Distance (km) Station Name Former Name Total S2S Transcribed Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) Transcribed Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) Connections0.00.0 South Sinŭiju (Namsinŭiju) 남신의주 (南新義州) P'yŏngŭi Line, Paengma Line6.16.1 Chŏngmulli 정문리 (正門里)17.211.1 Ŭiju 의주 (義州)29.312.1 Sujin 수진 (水鎭)34.24.9 Chŏnggwang 정광 (精鑛)37.33.1 Tŏkhyŏn 덕현 (德峴)
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