The Choyang T'an'gwang Line, or Choyang Colliery Line is an electrified

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line of the

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in Kaech'ŏn city, South P'yŏngan Province,

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, running from Kaech'ŏn at the junction of the Kaech'ŏn and

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s to Choyang Colliery.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō)

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

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on 1 November 1932.朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1741, 26 October 1932 (in Japanese)

Route

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

References

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