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
The Korean State Railway (), commonly called the State Rail () is the operating arm of the Ministry of Railways of North Korea and has its headquarters at Pyongyang, P'yŏngyang. The current Minister of Railways is Chang Jun Song.
History
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in
South P'yŏngan Province,
North Korea
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, running from
Sinch'ang on the
P'yŏngra Line to
Ch'ŏnsŏng.
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History
The line was originally opened by the
Chosen Government Railway
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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.
This electrification was destroyed during the
Korean War
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, 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.
References
Railway lines in North Korea
Standard gauge railways in North Korea
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