The Myŏngdang Line is an electrified
railway
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line of the
Korean State Railway
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History
1945–195 ...
in
P'yŏngyang and in
North Hwanghae Province
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,
North Korea
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, running from
Ch'ŏngryong on the
P'yŏngdŏk Line to
Myŏngdang.
[Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) ]
History
The Myŏngdang Line, together with Ch'ŏngryong Station, were opened by the
Chosen Government Railway
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on 1 November 1925.
Japanese Government Railways
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(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
Services
In addition to freight trains serving the
Sangwŏn Cement Complex and its
refractories
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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.
Route
A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified.
References
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Railway lines in North Korea
Standard gauge railways in North Korea