Mandŏk Line
Overview
Native name	만덕선(満徳線)
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 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

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]

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

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.

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