Kobi Line

The Kobi Line is an electrified railway line of the Korean State Railway in P'yŏngyang and in North Hwanghae Province, North Korea, running from Ripsŏngri on the P'yŏngdŏk Line to Kobi, with a branch to Namsan.^[1]

Kobi Line
Overview
Native name	고비선 (高飛線)
Status	Operational
Owner	Chosen Government Railway (1934–1945) Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Locale	P'yŏngyang-tŭkp'yŏlsi; North Hwanghae
Termini	Ripsŏngri Kobi
Stations	4
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Freight rail
History
Opened	1 November 1934
Technical
Line length	14.5 km (9.0 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 Legend P'yŏngdŏk Line Kobi Line 0.0 Ripsŏngri 3.6 6.2 Sinsŭngho coal mine (tunnel appx 100 m (330 ft)) Samchŏng 12.4 Tokgol coal mine (bridge appx 60 m (200 ft)) Taedong River 14.5 Kobi coal mine

Kobi Line
Chosŏn'gŭl	고비선
Hancha	高飛線
Revised Romanization	Gobi-seon
McCune–Reischauer	Kobi-sŏn

History

The Kobi Line, together with Ripsŏngri Station, were opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 November 1934.^[2]

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	Ripsŏngri	립석리 (立石里)			P'yŏngdŏk Line
6.2	6.2	Sinsŭngho	신승호 (新勝湖)
		Samchŏng	삼청 (三靑)
12.4	6.2	Tokgol	독골			(distance from Sinsŭngho)
14.5	8.3	Kobi	고비 (高飛)			(distance from Sinsŭngho)

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. Japanese Government Railways (1937), 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, p. 486