Chonghwaryok Line

Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk Line
Overview
Native name 청화력선 (清火力線)
Type Heavy rail, freight rail
Status Operational
Locale South P'yŏngan
Termini Kubongsan
Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk
Stations 2
Operation
Opened 1976
Owner Korean State Railway
Operator(s) Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length 2.5 km (1.6 mi)
Number of tracks Single track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Route map
0.0 KubongsanKubongsan Line to Ch'ŏngch'ŏn'gang
2.5 Ch'ŏnghwaryŏkCh'ŏngch'ŏn River Thermal Power Plant
underground entrance to powerplant
Kubongsan Line to East Namhŭng
Chonghwaryok Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 청화력선
Hancha
Revised Romanization Cheonghwaryeok-seon
McCune–Reischauer Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk-sŏn

The Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk Line is an electrified standard-gauge freight-only secondary line of the Korean State Railway in South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Kubongsan on the Kubongsan Line to Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk.[1]

History

The line was opened by the Korean State Railway in the 1976[2] to supply the Ch'ŏngch'ŏn River Thermal Power Plant with coal from the Sŏhae Line.[3] The name of the line, and of Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk station, is derived from the name of the power plant - Ch'ŏngch'ŏngang Hwaryŏk Paljŏnso (청천강화력발전소).

Route

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

Distance
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Distance
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Station Name
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Station Name
(Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja))
Former Name
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Former Name
(Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja))
Connections
0.0 0.0 Kubongsan 구봉산 (亀鳳山) Kubongsan Line
~2.5 ~2.5 Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk 청화력 (清火力)

References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. 통합 검색 결과 : 북창화력발전연합기업소 (전체 82건) - 북한정보포털
  3. Choe, Un-sik, 한국의 전통 사회 운송 기구, ISBN 978-89-7300-728-8, pp. 114-115

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