CHANGES IN NORTH KOREA RAILWAY LINES IN 1948 AND 1949

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005200070001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 5, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

LLASSII=RCAT1ON to :
F
'aApproved For Rek"0lO/I't
COU6TRY Korea
SUBJECT Ch=gem in North Karen 1;ly Tines
in 194 d1949
PLACE
ACQUIRE 25X1 A
DATE OF
INFO. ?arch 1948 - may 1949
25X1A
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
25X1 X ], The tollaw~ag linmss In North Korea which had pro-vio>aslq b
double-track llnem bad ors of the tracks removed.,
Tho north=>>soatlth iine .from Toh?rou (126-2; 33=001 t- 3i
2
6~I4,
o ].
38-26) d one track reoved for 64,843 kilCmatergo The work was
begun 1 3ime 1948 mad o letod 30 September 1948,
b, The worth south ]lie from i ssi (]25-144D 3954) to Roha ( pp t i
125-05D 39-45) had one track Moved for W.302 kilo tens,, The
work was completed 20 may 1949,
2, CA the HaRDO Tt (1262.8, 41=10) tw.an ,ego (126-171, 40-22) d Koin
(126-249 40-30), s distance of 27,3 kil.oaetere was electrit1ad, Work
began 15 A t 1948 and wee completed 20 Tanuary 1949,, This oleotrifl =
tion affected an. increase of 250 percent in running efficiency, 160 percent
in pulling powr,.. and 140 percent in oporat3.sag time. Fifty kilometers
were also e lec r1 ted between Ya dok (12654#, 39?=10) and Chonssong
(approximately 126-540 3926), with a resulting, Increase of 125 percent
in locomotive pulling po rn Work began 1 October 1948 and was completed
10 .February 1949:;
3, Bztwee SianJu (125-36s, 39-35) and Kaeohon (125-580 39-40), the narrow
gauge track was oh ed to stern rd gauge for 29.85 kll.o titers, Work
began I March and was t',nisihed 30 November 1948V
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This document is hereby regraded to CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Approv ~'9FbI 1OTe 2000/08/17 : C -
LASSIFICATION