Sup'ung Line
The railway bridge at Sup'ung Station heading towards the Sup'ung Dam.
Overview
Native name	수풍선 (水豊線)
Status	Operational
Owner	P'yŏngbuk Railway (1939–1945) Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Locale	North P'yŏngan
Termini	Pup'ung Sup'ung
Stations	2
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Regional rail, Freight rail
History
Opened	27 September 1939
Technical
Line length	2.5 km (1.6 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3000 V DC Catenary
Route map P'yŏngbuk Line Sup'ung Line Amrokkang Line 0.0 Pup'ung 2.5 Sup'ung (bridge appx 125 m (410 ft)) Sup'ung Dam 4.1 Amrokkang Yalu River

Sup'ung Dam viewed from the Chinese side; the end of the Sup'ung Line can be seen on the right.

The Sup'ung Line is an electrified railway line of the Korean State Railway in North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Pup'ung on the P'yŏngbuk Line to Sup'ung.^[1]

History

The Sup'ung Line was opened, together with the main line, by the P'yŏngbuk Railway on 27 September 1939 to assist with the construction of the Sup'ung Dam.^[2]

Following the partition of Korea the line was located within the Soviet zone of occupation, and was nationalised along with all the other railways in the zone by the Provisional People’s Committee for North Korea on 10 August 1946,^[1] becoming part of the Korean State Railway. Electrification of the entire line was completed in 1980.^[3]

Services

Sup'ung Station, the terminus of the line, is served by six pairs of commuter trains that run along the Ch'ongsu—Sup'ung—P'ungnyŏn route.^[3]

Route

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

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