Myongdang Line

Myŏngdang Line
Overview
Native name 명당선 (明堂線)
Type Heavy rail, Freight rail
Status Operational
Locale P'yŏngyang-tŭkp'yŏlsi;
North Hwanghae
Termini Ch'ŏngryong
Myŏngdang
Stations 4
Operation
Opened 1 November 1925
Owner Chosen Government Railway (1925–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Technical
Line length 19.2 km (11.9 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'yŏngdŏk Line
 Myŏngdang Line
0.0 Ch'ŏngryong
Nam River
6.2 Rihyŏn
Sangwŏn River
11.0 TaewŏnP'yŏngyang Pork Factory
Sangwŏn Cement Complex Refractories Plant
19.2 Myŏngdang
Sangwŏn Cement Complex
Myongdang Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 명당선
Hancha 明堂線
Revised Romanization Myeongdang-seon
McCune–Reischauer Myŏngdang-sŏn

The Myŏngdang Line is an electrified railway line of the Korean State Railway in P'yŏngyang and in North Hwanghae Province, North Korea, running from Ch'ŏngryong on the P'yŏngdŏk Line to Myŏngdang.[1]

History

The Myŏngdang Line, together with Ch'ŏngryong Station, were opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 November 1925.[2]

Services

In addition to freight trains serving the Sangwŏn Cement Complex and its refractories plant at Myŏngdang, there are also two pairs of local passenger trains, 702/703 and 704/705, that operate between East P'yŏngyang on the P'yŏngdŏk Line and Myŏngdang.[1]

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 Ch'ŏngryong 청룡 (青龍) P'yŏngdŏk Line
6.2 6.2 Rihyŏn 리현 (梨峴)
11.0 4.8 Taewŏn 대원 (大園)
19.2 8.2 Myŏngdang 명당 (明堂)

References

  1. 1 2 Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ Japanese Government Railways (1937), 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, p. 486

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