# Pyeongbuk Railway

The Pyeongbuk Railway (Japanese: 平北鐵道株式會社, Heihoku Tetsudō Kabushiki Kaisha; Korean: 평북철도주식회사, Pyeongbuk Cheoldo Jusikhoesa) was a privately owned railway company in Japanese-occupied Korea.

## History

The Pyeongbuk Railway opened its mainline, from Jeongju on the Chosen Government Railway's Gyeongseong—Sinuiju Gyeongui Line to Cheongsu on 27 September 1939 as an industrial railway to serve the Supung Hydroelectric Power Plant on the Yalu River, opening the Supung Line branch from Pupung on the mainline to the dam at the same time. At Cheongsu a bridge was built across the Yalu River to connect with the Fengshang Railway at Shanghekou, Manchukuo, and on 30 September 1940, the Pyeongbuk Railway opened the Supung Hoan Line.
After the partition of Korea the line was within the territory of the DPRK, and was nationalised by the Provisional People’s Committee for North Korea along with all other railways in the Soviet zone of occupation on 10 August 1946, becoming the P'yŏngbuk Line of the Korean State Railway.

## Services

In the last timetable issued prior to the start of the Pacific War, the Pyeongbuk Railway had six daily passenger trains on the schedule, three round trips between Jeongju and Supung, and three between Cheongsu and Supung:
Jeongju - Supung :
| Distance (read down) | Price Korean yen | 501 | 11 | 103 | Station name | Distance (read up) | Price Korean yen | 502 | 12 | 106 |
| 0.0 | - | 06:40 | 11:00 | 16:35 | Jeongju | 116.2 | 4.70 | 12:52 | 18:28 | 22:13 |
| 41.2 | 1.70 | 08:46 | 12:32 | 18:28 | Pyeongbuk Guseong | 75.0 | 3.00 | 11:27 | 15:20 | 21:00 |
| 116.6 | 4.70 | 12:12 | 15:20 | 21:54 | Supung | 0.0 | - | 07:50 | 14:10 | 17:50 |
Supung - Cheongsu :
| Distance (read down) | Price Korean yen | 401 | 405 | 407 | Station name | Distance (read up) | Price Korean yen | 402 | 406 | 408 |
| 0.0 | - | 06:30 | 11:54 | 16:10 | Supung | 9.3 | 0.40 | 08:46 | 14:00 | 18:06 |
| 9.3 | 0.40 | 06:55 | 12:27 | 16:35 | Cheongsu | 0.0 | - | 08:18 | 13:32 | 17:34 |

## Rolling Stock

Four Class 4110 steam locomotives were sent from the Japanese Government Railway to the Pyeongbuk Railway after conversion to standard gauge.

## Network

平北線 - 평북선 - Heihoku Line - Pyeongbuk Line :
| Distance | Distance | Station name | Station name | Station name | Station name | |
| Total; km | S2S; km | Transcribed, Korean | Transcribed, Japanese | Hunminjeongeum | Hanja/Kanji | Connections |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | Jeongju | Jōshū | 정주 | 定州 | Sentetsu Gyeongui Line |
| 10.4 | 10.4 | Koan | Kōan | 고안 | 高安 | |
| 16.5 | 6.1 | Bongmyeong | Hōmei | 봉명 | 鳳鳴 | |
| 28.4 | 11.9 | Banghyeon | Hōken | 방현 | 方峴 | |
| 41.2 | 12.8 | Pyeongbuk Guseong | Heihoku Kujō | 평북구성 | 平北亀城 | |
| 49.0 | 7.8 | Baekun | Hakuun | 백운 | 白雲 | |
| 63.9 | 14.9 | Daean | Daiain | 대안 | 大安 | |
| 70.5 | 6.6 | Daegwan | Daikan | 대관 | 大館 | |
| 78.2 | 7.7 | Changpyeong | Shōhei | 창평 | 昌坪 | |
| 91.2 | 13.0 | Sakju Oncheon | Sakushū Onsen | 삭주온천 | 朔州温泉 | |
| 100.0 | 8.8 | Sakju | Sakushū | 삭주 | 朔州 | |
| 105.9 | 5.9 | Sin-an | Shin'an | 신안 | 新安 | |
| 113.7 | 7.8 | Bupung | Fūhō | 부풍 | 富豊 | Supung Line, Supung Hoan Line |
| 120.5 | 6.8 | Cheongsu | Shōsui | 청수 | 青水 | |
| | | Amnokgang Yalu River | Ōryokkō | 압록강 | 鴨綠江 | Korea-Manchukuo border |
| | | Shanghekou | Shankōkō | - | 上河口 | Fengshang Railway |
水豊線 - 수풍선 - Suihō Line - Supung Line :
| Distance | Distance | Station name | Station name | Station name | Station name | |
| Total; km | S2S; km | Transcribed, Korean | Transcribed, Japanese | Hunminjeongeum | Hanja/Kanji | Connections |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | Bupung | Fūhō | 부풍 | 富豊 | Pyeongbuk Line, Supung Hoan Line |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Supung | Suihō | 수풍 | 水豊 | |
水豊湖岸線 - 수풍호안선 - Suihō Kogan Line - Supung Hoan Line :
| Distance | Distance | Station name | Station name | Station name | Station name | |
| Total; km | S2S; km | Transcribed, Korean | Transcribed, Japanese | Hunminjeongeum | Hanja/Kanji | Connections |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | Bupung | Fūhō | 부풍 | 富豊 | Pyeongbuk Line, Supung Line |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Supung Hoan | Suihō Kogan | 수풍호안 | 水豊湖岸 | |