Chonsong Tangwang Line

Ch'ŏnsŏng Colliery Line
Overview
Native name 천성탄광선 (天聖炭鉱線)
Type Heavy rail, Freight rail
Status Operational
Locale South P'yŏngan
Termini Sinch'ang
Ch'ŏnsŏng
Stations 3
Operation
Opened 1936
Owner Chosen Government Railway (1936–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1936)
Technical
Line length 9.2 km (5.7 mi)
Number of tracks Single track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 3000 V DC Catenary
Route map
P'yŏngra Line to P'yŏngyang
Suyang
7.5 Mangilli
9.2 Ch'ŏnsŏng
0.0 Sinch'ang
P'yŏngra Line to Rajin
Chonsong Tangwang Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 천성탄광선
Hancha 天聖炭鉱線
Revised Romanization Cheonseongtan'gwang-seon
McCune–Reischauer Ch'ŏnsŏngt'an'gwang-sŏn

The Ch'ŏnsŏng T'an'gwang Line, or Ch'ŏnsŏng Colliery Line is an electrified standard-gauge freight-only secondary line of the Korean State Railway in South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Sinch'ang on the P'yŏngra Line to Ch'ŏnsŏng.[1]

History

The line was originally opened by the Chosen Government Railway in 1936. After the partition of Korea, it was located entirely within the north, and it was part of the first section of line electrified by the Korean State Railway in 1946, between Yangdŏk on the P'yŏngra Line to Ch'ŏnsŏng via Sinch'ang.[2][3] This electrification was destroyed during the Korean War, but in 1958 the Ch'ŏnsŏng–Sinch'ang–Kowŏn section was re-electrified.

Route

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

Distance
(Total; km)		 Distance
(S2S; km)		 Station Name
(Transcribed)		 Station Name
(Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja))		 Former Name
(Transcribed)		 Former Name
(Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja))		 Connections
0.0 0.0 Sinch'ang 신창 (新倉) P'yŏngra Line
7.5 7.5 Mangilli 망일리 (望日里)
9.2 1.7 Ch'ŏnsŏng 천성 (天聖) Ch'ŏnsŏng Ch'ŏngnyŏn Colliery

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ "デロイを探せ！（その49） 1948年の「北」におけるデロイ｜ゴンブロ！（ゴンの徒然日記）". Ameblo.jp. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  3. ↑ Korean Review. Pyongyang, Korea (DPR): Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1983. p. 205.

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