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Tasado Line

Tasado Line
Overview
Native name다사도선(多獅島線)
StatusOperational
OwnerTasado Railway (1939–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
LocaleNorth P'yǒngan
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'ǒn
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
Sinjǒngri
20.5
Tasado
23.1
West Tasado
Closed
1.4
24.1
Tasado Port
Tasado Line
Chosŏn'gŭl
다사도선
Hancha
Revised RomanizationDasado-seon
McCune–ReischauerTasado-sŏn

The Tasado Line is a non-electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in North P'yǒngan 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]

  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ^ North Korea Geographic Information: Transportation Geography - Tasado Line (in Korean)

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