Baranovsky–Khasan line

The Baranovsky–Khasan line (Russian: Железнодорожная линия Барановский — Хасан) is about 240 km of Far Eastern Railway within Russian Railways. It leads from Trans-Siberian Railway in the south of Baranovsky along the coast of Pacific Ocean to the North Korean 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, where there is a connection with the Trans-Siberian Railway, or with the regional centers of Vladivostok and Khabarovsk.

Baranovsky–Khasan line
Baranovsky–Khasan line in Primorsky Krai
Overview
Other name(s)Vladivostok branch
Native nameЖелезнодорожная линия Барановский — Хасан
StatusOperational
OwnerRussian Railways
LocaleEastern Russia
Termini
Stations13
Service
TypeHeavy rail
SystemFar Eastern Railway
Operator(s)Russian Railways
Korean State Railway
History
Opened1941 (1941)
Technical
Line length240 km (150 mi)
Number of tracks1
Track gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11+2732 in) Russian gauge
Route map

km
0
Baranovsky
Rasdolnaya
12
Olenevod
Senokosnaya
36
Vinevitino
Provalovo
87
Primorsky
96
Kedrovoi
Narva
125
Bamburovo
9
Blücher
147
Ryasanovka
Poima
Sukhanovka
185
Gvosdevo
12
Posyet
3
Kraskino
3
Russia
China
border
197
Makhalino
238
Khasan
Tumangang

History

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In 1938, the battle of Khasan from the Kwantung Army 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 World War II, it spread to the Khasan station near the mouth of Tumen River 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 Korea Russia Friendship Bridge. Due to the low height of this bridge, it became an obstacle for the city of Hunchun in China to the Sea of Japan. After the Development Plan for the Tumen River, initiated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), led by the Chinese proposal in the 1990s, the Chinese side consistently insisted on converting both railways to Russia and North Korea.[1][2] 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.

Services

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Every 14 days, the direct car of the formation of the Korean State Railway, attached to train No. 100, runs from Moscow to Pyongyang. 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 Rason with a transfer to a bus in Tumangang.[3]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 「図們江開発構想」丁士晟著、金森久雄監修、創知社
  2. ^ 「北東アジアの経済協力と企業の役割」小樽商科大学国際コンファレンス1995、小樽商科大学
  3. ^ Маршрут беспересадочного вагона Москва — Пхеньян на 6 октября