List of tunnels in North Korea

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Rail

Mass transit

Korean State Railway

  • Saenggiryong Railway Tunnel[1]

Road

Pyongyang–Wonsan Tourist Motorway

Tunnels from Pyongyang to Wonsan in order:[2]

English Name Korean Name Length (굴길이) Complete Notes
Suan tunnel 수안굴 300m? 9 September 1978
Kyŏngsu tunnel 경수굴 107m? 9 September 1978 [3]
Kwanmun tunnel 관문굴 306m? 9 September 1978
Kumsudong tunnel 금수동굴 477m? 9 September 1978 [4]
Sinphyŏng tunnel 신평굴 283m? 9 September 1978 Missing from the video.
Munbawi tunnel 문바위굴 62.5m? 9 September 1978 [5]
Ŭndŏk tunnel 은덕굴 85m 9 September 1978
Sogwang tunnel 서광굴 49m 9 September 1978
Kwangmyŏng tunnel 광명굴 194m 9 September 1978
Ryomyong tunnel 려명굴 44m[6] 9 September 1978 [7]
Mannyŏn tunnel 만년굴 212m 9 September 1978 [8]
Ponghwa tunnel 봉화굴 40m 9 September 1978
Sol Jaeryŏng tunnel 솔재령굴 9 September 1978 [9]
Pŏptong tunnel 법동굴[10] 253m? 9 September 1978 [11]
Chungsŏng tunnel 충성굴 1229m? 9 September 1978
Sangryŏng tunnel 상령굴 671m? 9 September 1978
Kamdun tunnel 감둔굴 310m? 9 September 1978 [12]
Majŏn tunnel 마전굴 9 September 1978
Tochan tunnel 도찬굴 482m? 9 September 1978
Mujigae (Rainbow) tunnel 무지개동굴 4135m? 9 September 1978 [13][14]

Pyongyang-Kaesong Motorway

Pyongyang-Kaesong Motorway

Tunnels from Pyongyang to Kaesong, in order:

English Name Korean Name Length Notes
Jangchŏn tunnel 장천굴 [15]
Taedong tunnel 대동굴 [16]
?
?
Kachang tunnel 가창굴 305m [17]
Yangam tunnel 양암굴
Chunghol tunnel 충홀굴
Sŏbong tunnel 서봉굴 306m[18]
Mŭlam tunnel 믈암굴 300m[19]
Samryong tunnel 삼룡굴 Same name as a nearby town.[20]
Puhŭng tunnel 부흥굴 [21]
Jupo tunnel 주포굴 [22]
Ryonggung tunnel 룡궁굴[23] Likely name and location based on a nearby town.[24]
Okchŏn tunnel 옥천굴 [25]
Ryesŏng tunnel 례성굴
Kyeryŏng tunnel 계령굴 [26]
Samgŏ tunnel 삼거굴
Hongil tunnel 홍일굴 345m [27]

Pyongyang–Huichon Motorway

There are two tunnels near Kaechon.

  • The eastern tunnel is the 2nd Sŏhwa tunnel (서화2굴),[28] whose length is 417m.[29]
  • The western tunnel is therefore perhaps the 1st Sŏhwa tunnel (서화1굴).

Pyongyang–Kangdong Motorway

  • There is a tunnel and depressed section of the road in Songmun.
  • An unused tunnel under the
    Taedong river
    , being bypassed by the Taedong River Bridge.

Pyongyang

The Chongryu Bridge Geumneung tunnel in Pyongyang, North Korea

There are three Geumneung tunnels, one on the Chongryu Bridge, one on the Rungra Bridge, and one by the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun.

  • 금릉동굴/금릉1호동굴 Rungra Bridge Geumneung tunnel with eastern[30][31] and western[32] portals.
  • 금릉동굴/금릉2호동굴 Chongryu Bridge Geumneung tunnel[33]
  • 금릉동굴 Kumsusan Palace Geumneung tunnel[34]
  • 마람굴 Maram tunnel (road to Pyongsong)[35]

Incursion tunnels to South Korea

Main article: Korean Demilitarized Zone § Incursion tunnels
Image English Name Korean Name Discovered Notes
First Infiltration Tunnel 제1땅굴 20 November 1974
Second Infiltration Tunnel 제2땅굴 19 March 1975
Third Tunnel of Aggression 제3땅굴 17 October 1978
Fourth Infiltration Tunnel 第4땅굴 3 March 1990

See also

References

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