Pyongyanghwajon Line Explained

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P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant Line
Native Name:평양화전선 (平壤火電線)
Native Name Lang:ko
Type:Heavy rail, Freight rail
Status:Operational
Locale:Pot'onggang-guyŏk and P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk,
P'yŏngyang
Start:Pot'onggang
End:P'yŏngch'ŏn
Stations:3
Open:21 March 1944 (Pot'onggang–P'yŏngch'ŏn)
1961 (P'yŏngyang Choch'ajang–P'yŏngyanghwajŏn)
Owner:Chosen Government Railway (1944–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Linelength Km:3.7
Tracks:Single track
Electrification:3000 V DC Catenary
Context:north
Hangul:평양화전선
Mr:P'yŏngyanghwajŏn-sŏn

The P'yŏngyanghwajŏn Line, or P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant Line, is an electrified freight-only railway line of the Korean State Railway in Pot'onggang-guyŏk and P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk, P'yŏngyang, North Korea, running from Pot'onggang on the P'yŏngnam Line to P'yŏngch'ŏn, with a branch to the P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant (P'yŏngyanghwajŏn), from which the line gets its name).[1]

History

The original line between Pot'onggang Station to P'yŏngch'ŏn via the P'yŏngyang Marshalling Yard was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 21 March 1944.[2] This was extended by the Korean State Railway in 1961, when construction of the P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant began.[3] The line was given its current name at that time.

Services

The line serves a number of industries, notably the Taedonggang Battery Factory, the 26 March Electric Wire Factory, and the P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant in Saemaŭl-dong, P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk,[4] the Pot'onggang Organic Fertiliser Factory in Chŏngpy'ŏng-dong, P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk, adjacent to the marshalling yard,[3] and the Posok Korean Foreign Trade Company.

Route

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

Distance (km) Station Name
Total S2S Transcribed Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) Connections
0.00.0Pot'onggang보통강 (普通江)P'yŏngnam Line

Tram Line 1
3.73.7P'yŏngyang Choch'ajang평양조차장 (平壤操車場)
Taedonggang Battery Factory
26 March Electric Wire Factory
5.72.0P'yŏngch'ŏn평천 (平川)Pot'onggang Organic Fertiliser Factory
Posok Korean Foreign Trade Company

Notes and References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō)
  2. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Gazette of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa No. 5137, 22 March 1944.
  3. Web site: Profiles of the cities of DPR Korea - Pyongyang. Dormels, Rainer. 2014. Universität Wien. 17 December 2016.
  4. Web site: Profiles of the cities of DPR Korea - Pyongyang. Dormels, Rainer. 2014. Universität Wien. 17 December 2016.