Pinallon Line

Pinallon Line
Overview
Other nameVinylon Line
Native name비날론선
StatusOperational
OwnerKorean State Railway
LocaleHamhŭng-si
Termini
Stations7
Service
TypeHeavy rail, Freight rail
History
OpenedMay 1961
Technical
Line length14.1 km (8.8 mi)
Number of tracksSingle track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Route map

Pinallon Line
Sŏho Line
P'yŏngra Line
Sinhŭng Line
0.0
Hamhŭng Choch'ajang
3.4
Sŏngch'ŏngang
limits of February 8 Vinylon Complex
Hamhŭng Thermal Power Plant
Pinallon Sŏho Line
5.7
Pinallon Pinallon Line
limits of February 8 Vinylon Complex
Hŭngnam Pharmaceutical Factory
(bridge appx 35 m (115 ft))
arsenal
7.6
Unjung
9.6
Ryongsŏng
Ryongsŏng Machine Complex
11.2
Hŭngnam Port
Hadŏk
Hŭngnam Fertiliser Complex
15.4
Hŭngnam
Sŏho
Pinallon Line
Hangul
비날론선
Hanja
비날론線
RRBinallonseon
MRPinallonsŏn

The Pinallon Line or Vinylon Line is an electrified, freight-only industrial railway line of the Korean State Railway in Hamhŭng, South Hamgyŏng, North Korea, running from Hamhung marshalling yard to Hŭngnam via the February 8 Vinylon Complex in Hŭngnam.

It runs parallel to the narrow-gauge Sŏho Line for most of its length.