Pyongyanghwajon Line

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Native name평양화전선 (平壤火電線)
StatusOperational
OwnerChosen Government Railway (1944–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant Line
Overview
Native name평양화전선 (平壤火電線)
StatusOperational
OwnerChosen Government Railway (1944–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
LocalePot'onggang-guyŏk and P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk,
P'yŏngyang
Termini
Stations3
Service
TypeHeavy rail, Freight rail
History
Opened21 March 1944 (Pot'onggang–P'yŏngch'ŏn)
1961 (P'yŏngyang Choch'ajang–P'yŏngyanghwajŏn)
Technical
Line length3.7 km (2.3 mi)
Number of tracksSingle track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification3000 V DC Catenary
Route map

P'yŏngnam Line
P'yŏngyanghwajŏn Line
P'yŏngŭi Line
0.0
Pot'onggang
P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant
Taedonggang Battery Factory
3.7
P'yŏngyang Choch'ajang
3.26 Factory
Pot'onggang Fertiliser Factory
5.7
P'yŏngch'ŏn
Posok Foreign Trade Company
Pyongyanghwajon Line
Hangul
평양화전선
Hanja
平壤火電線
RRPyeongyanghwajeonseon
MRP'yŏngyanghwajŏnsŏn

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]

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.

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