When Kukch'ŏl was formally established that year, it had 3767 kilometers of railway in functional condition, including the restoration of the electrification on the Yangdŏk–Sinch'ang–Ch'ŏnsŏng section of the P'yŏngwŏn Line, and the new electrification of the Kaego–Koin section of the Manp'o Line.