Mandok Line

The Mandŏk Line is an electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in Hŏch'ŏn County, South Hamgyŏng Province, North Korea running from Hŏch'ŏn on the Hŏch'ŏn Line to Mandŏk.^[1]

Mandŏk Line
Overview
Native name	만덕선(滿德線)
Status	Operational
Owner	Tanp'ung Railway (1939–1945) Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Locale	Hŏch'ŏn-gun, South Hamgyŏng
Termini	Hŏch'ŏn Mandŏk
Stations	3
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Passenger & freight rail Regional rail
History
Opened	1939
Technical
Line length	10.3 km (6.4 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3000 V DC Overhead line
Route map Legend 0.0 Hŏch'ŏn Hŏch'ŏn Line (bridge appx 75 m (246 ft)) (bridge appx 45 m (148 ft)) (bridge appx 80 m (260 ft)) (tunnel appx 95 m (312 ft)) (bridge appx 110 m (360 ft)) (bridge appx 155 m (509 ft)) (bridge appx 85 m (279 ft)) 6.6 Pudong (tunnel appx 190 m (620 ft)) (bridge appx 120 m (390 ft)) (bridge appx 55 m (180 ft)) (bridge appx 60 m (200 ft)) (bridge appx 45 m (148 ft)) (bridge appx 35 m (115 ft)) 10.3 Mandŏk

Mandok Line
Chosŏn'gŭl	만덕선
Hancha	滿德線
Revised Romanization	Mandeokseon
McCune–Reischauer	Mandŏksŏn

History

This line was opened by the privately owned Tanp'ung Railway as a branch of its Tanchon−Honggun mainline opened on 26 August 1939.^[2]

Services

See also: List of passenger train services in North Korea

A pair of local passenger trains 931/932 are known to operate on this line between Hŏch'ŏn and Mandŏk.^[1]

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)	Connections
0.0	0.0	Hŏch'ŏn	허천 (虛川)	Kosŏng	고성 (古城)	Hŏch'ŏn Line
6.6	6.6	Pudong	부동 (釜洞)
10.3	3.7	Mandŏk	만덕 (滿德)