Pyongyanghwajon Line

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P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant Line
Overview
Native name평양화전선 (平壤火電線)
Type Heavy rail, Freight rail
StatusOperational
Locale Pot'onggang-guyŏk and P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk,
P'yŏngyang
Termini Pot'onggang
P'yŏngch'ŏn
Stations3
Operation
Opened21 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)
Technical
Line length3.7 km (2.3 mi)
Number of tracksSingle track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 3000 V DC Catenary
Route map

Contents

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P'yŏngyanghwajŏn Line
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Pot'ong River
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P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant
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Taedonggang Battery Factory
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Pot'onggang Fertiliser Factory
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Taedong River
Pyongyanghwajon Line
Chosŏn'gŭl
평양화전선
Hancha
Revised Romanization Pyeongyanghwajeon-seon
McCune–Reischauer 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]

Korean State Railway

The Korean State Railway is the operating arm of the Ministry of Railways of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and has its headquarters at P'yŏngyang. The current Minister of Railways is Jang Hyuk, who has held the position since 2015.

Potonggang-guyok is one of the 19 districts, or guyok, of Pyongyang, North Korea. It is most famous as the location of the Ryugyong Hotel. It is named after the Pothong River, which serves as the district's border on all sides. It is bordered to the north by Hyongjesan-guyok, to the east by Sosong and Moranbong-guyoks, to the south by Pyongchon and Chung-guyoks, and to the west by Mangyongdae-guyok. The district was established by the Pyongyang City People's Committee in October 1960.

P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk is one of the 19 guyŏk of P'yŏngyang, North Korea. It is bordered by the Taedong River in the south and the Potong River in the north and west, and to the east by Chung-guyŏk, from which it is separated by the yard area of P'yŏngyang railway station. It was established as a guyŏk in October 1960 by the P'yŏngyang City People's Committee through a mandate of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

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.

P'yongyang Choch'ajang is a marshalling yard in Chŏngp'yŏng-dong, P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk, P'yŏngyang, North Korea, on the P'yŏngyanghwajŏn Line of the Korean State Railway, it is the starting point of a branch to the P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant.

Chosen Government Railway

The Chosen Government Railway was a state-owned railway company in Korea under Japanese rule. It was a department of the Railway Bureau of the Government-General of Korea, whose functions were the management and operation of railways in Korea, as well as the supervision of privately owned railway companies.

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, [3] 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.

The Taedonggang Battery Factory, located in Saemaŭl-dong, P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk, P'yŏngyang, North Korea, is a factory producing batteries for vehicles and power plants. It is served by rail via the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway. It was built in 1975 with Soviet aid, becoming operational in 1982 and subsequently expanded in 1987. The factory, with a total area of 165,000 m2 (1,780,000 sq ft), employs 4,500 workers.

The Pot'onggang Organic Compound Fertiliser Factory, located in Chŏngpy'ŏng-dong, P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk, P'yŏngyang, North Korea, was opened in 2012 to produce organic fertiliser making use of sediments and fly ash from an adjacent sewage treatment plant and slude from the Pot'ong River. It is served by rail via the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway.

Route

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

Distance (km)Station Name
TotalS2STranscribedChosŏn'gŭl (Hanja)Connections
0.00.0Pot'onggang보통강 (普通江) P'yŏngnam Line
● Metro Hyŏksin Line Kŏn'guk Station
● Tram Line 1
3.73.7P'yŏngyang Choch'ajang평양조차장 (平壤操車場)branch to P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant
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

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References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) ISBN   978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Gazette of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa No. 5137, 22 March 1944.
  3. 1 2 3 Dormels, Rainer (2014). "Profiles of the cities of DPR Korea - Pyongyang" (PDF). Universität Wien. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

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