Tukchang Line

Tŭkchang Line
Overview
Native name 득장선 (得場線)
Type Heavy rail, Freight rail
Status Operational
Locale South P'yŏngan
Termini Pukch'ang
Sŏksan
Stations 5
Operation
Opened 1961
Owner Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length 17.7 km (11.0 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
0.0 Pukch'ang
3.4 Yangch'onPukch'ang Power Complex
10.3 Ryongsancoal mine
15.0 Tŭkchangcoal mine
17.7 Sŏksancoal mine
Myŏnghak Line
Tukchang Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 득장선
Hancha 得場線
Revised Romanization Deukjang-seon
McCune–Reischauer Tŭkchang-sŏn

The Tŭkchang Line is an electrified railway line of the Korean State Railway in South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Pukch'ang on the P'yŏngdŏk Line to Sŏksan.[1]

History

The line was opened in 1961 to assist with the construction of the Pukch'ang Thermal Power Complex which began in that year.[2]

Services

The important Pukch'ang Thermal Power Complex - the largest coal-fired power plant in the DPRK[3] - is located on this line at Yangch'on, receiving a great deal of coal from the mines in the area.[3]

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 Pukch'ang 북창 (北倉) P'yŏngdŏk Line, Kwanha Line
3.4 3.4 Yangch'on 양촌 (陽村) Pukch'ang Thermal Power Complex
10.3 6.9 Ryongsan 룡산 (龍山) Yongsan 용산 (龍山)
15.0 4.7 Tŭkchang 득장 (得場) Myŏnghak Line
17.7 2.7 Sŏksan 석산 (石山)

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. 1 2 http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2090772&categoryId=44461&cid=44454

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