The Baranovsky–Khasan line () is about 240 km of

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within

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. It leads from

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in the south of

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along the coast of

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to the

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n border in Khasan. Its continuation is the Tumangang Line. The route is mainly operated by regional trains that connect places along the route with

Ussuriysk Ussuriysk () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, in the valley of the Razdolnaya River. The city is north of Vladivostok, the administrative center of the krai, and about from both the China–Russia bo ...

, where there is a connection with the Trans-Siberian Railway, or with the regional centers of

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and

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History

In 1938, the battle of Khasan from the

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took place, and in 1941 the railway was built 190 km from the Siberian railway Baranovsky to Kraskino (now abolished). After the end of the

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, it spread to the Khasan station near the mouth of

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in 1951. In 1952, the bridge of the Tumen River was connected with the railway connection with DPRK. The bridge was also rebuilt in 1959, and is called the

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. Due to the low height of this bridge, it became an obstacle for the city of

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to the

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. After the Development Plan for the Tumen River, initiated by the

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(UNDP), led by the Chinese proposal in the 1990s, the Chinese side consistently insisted on converting both railways to Russia and North Korea. But for political reasons, Russia and North Korea have not yet agreed. On October 13, 2011, the construction of a 54 km improvement project was completed from the border of both countries to the port of Rajin from 2009 to 2011, and the ceremony took place in 2013.

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Every 14 days, the direct car of the formation of the

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, attached to train No. 100, runs from

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. The main passenger traffic consists of citizens of the DPRK, traveling to work in Russia or returning; in exceptional cases, some of the places are sold to organized groups of tourists traveling to

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with a transfer to a bus in

Tumangang Tumangang-dong () is a neighbourhood in Sonbong, Rason, North Korea, near the China–North Korea–Russia tripoint where the borders of the three countries converge. It is also the closest town in North Korea to the border with Russia, being ...

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File:Baranowski-Chassan.svg, Railway map of Baranovsky–Khasan line File:Railway bridge on Razdolnaya river. Baranovsky – Khasan railway line.jpg, Railway Bridge on

Razdolnaya River The Razdolnaya (, formerly: Суйфун ''Suyfun'') or Suifen () is a river in People's Republic of China and Russia. It flows into the Amur Bay of the Sea of Japan. The name ''Suifen'' is the Manchu word ''(suifun)'' for awl, referring to th ...

File:Baranovsky station.jpg,

Baranovsky railway station Baranovsky railway station is railway station in the village of Baranovsky, Nadezhdinsky District, Primorsky Krai, Russia. It belongs to the Trans-Siberian Railway and Baranovsky–Khasan railway line of the Far Eastern Railway.Железнод ...

File:Primorsky train station makhalin building 001.png, Makhalino railway station File:Khasan.jpg, Khasan railway station File:Станция Приморская Дальневосточной железной дороги.jpg, Primorsky railway station File:国际客运列车在图们江铁路桥上行驶，离开朝鲜进入俄罗斯 - panoramio.jpg,

Korea–Russia Friendship Bridge The Korea–Russia Friendship Bridge ( ''Chosŏn–Rossiya Ujŏngŭi Dali'', ) is a rail bridge over the Tumen River. It was commissioned in 1959 as a replacement for a temporary wooden bridge. Located immediately downstream from the China–Nor ...

where the line ends at the North Korean border

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