Chiktong Tangwang Line

Chiktong Colliery Line
Overview
Other name(s)Chiktong T'an'gwang Line
Native name직동탄광선 (直洞炭鑛線)
StatusOperational
OwnerKorean State Railway
LocaleSouth P'yŏngan
Termini
Stations4
Service
TypeHeavy rail, freight rail
Operator(s)Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length8.5 km (5.3 mi)
Number of tracksSingle track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification3000 V DC Overhead line
Route map

Ŭnsan Line
Chiktong Colliery Line
Taegŏn Line
Mohak Line
0.0
Taegŏn
4.7
Pusalli
6.6
Puhŭng
mining railway
bauxite mine
8.5
Chiktong T'an'gwang 8.2 Colliery
Chiktong Tangwang Line
Chosŏn'gŭl
직동탄광선
Hancha
Revised RomanizationJikdongdan-gwang-seon
McCune–ReischauerChiktongt'an'gwang-sŏn

The Chiktong T'an'gwang Line, or Chiktong Colliery Line, is an electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Taegŏn Station at the junction of the Taegŏn and Ŭnsan lines to Chiktong T'an'gwang.[1] The line serves the Pusan Aluminium Factory at Pusalli, as well as the large 8 February Chiktong Ch'ŏngnyŏn Colliery at Chiktong T'an'gwang.

  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6