Choyang Tangwang Line

Choyang Colliery Line
Overview
Other name(s) Choyang T'an'gwang Line
Native name 조양탄광선 (朝陽炭鉱線)
Type Heavy rail, Regional rail, Freight rail
Status Operational
Locale Kaech'ŏn-si, South P'yŏngan
Termini Kaech'ŏn
Choyang Colliery
Stations 4
Operation
Opened 13 May 1916
Owner Mitsui Mining Railway (1916–1927)
Kaech'ŏn Light Railway (1927–1932)
Chosen Government Railway (1932–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Technical
Line length 22.1 km (13.7 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
Manp'o Line
Choyang Colliery Line
Chunam River
Chunhyŏk Line
0.0 Kaech'ŏn
Kaech'on Line
bridge length 130 m (430 ft)
8.6 Kuŭp
bridge length 85 m (279 ft)
17.8 Sŏkkancoal mine
22.1 Choyang T'an'gwangcoal mine
Choyang Tangwang Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 조양탄광선
Hancha 朝陽炭鉱線
Revised Romanization Joyangtan'gwang-seon
McCune–Reischauer Choyangt'an'gwang-sŏn

The Choyang T'an'gwang Line, or Choyang Colliery Line is an electrified railway line of the Korean State Railway in Kaech'ŏn city, South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Kaech'ŏn at the junction of the Kaech'ŏn and Manp'o Lines to Choyang Colliery.[1]

History

The Choyang Colliery Line was opened on 13 May 1916 by the Mitsui Mining Railway, which became the Kaech'ŏn Light Railway in 1927; the Kaech'ŏn Light Railway was subsequently taken over by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 November 1932.[2]

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 Kaech'ŏn 개천 (价川) Chunhyŏk Line, Kaech'ŏn Line, Manp'o Line
8.6 8.6 Kuŭp 구읍 (旧邑)
17.8 9.2 Sŏkkan 석간 (石間)
22.1 4.3 Choyang T'an'gwang
(Choyang Colliery)		 조양탄광 (朝陽炭鉱)

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1741, 26 October 1932 (in Japanese)

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