The Kobi Line is an electrified

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...

line of the

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in P'yŏngyang and in

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, running from Ripsŏngri on the P'yŏngdŏk Line to Kobi, with a branch to Namsan.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō)

History

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

Japanese Government Railways The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national railway system directly operated by the Japanese Ministry of Railways ( ja, 鉄道省, Tetsudō-shō, ) until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Rai ...

(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

Route

A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kobi Line Railway lines in North Korea Standard gauge railways in North Korea