Kim Chong-t'ae Electric Locomotive Works

Kim Chong-t'ae
Electric Locomotive Works
김종태전기기관차연합기업소
Native name
김종태 전기기관차 련합기업소
Kim Chong-t'ae Chŏn'gi Kigwanch'a Ryŏnhap Kiŏpso
Company typeState-owned company
IndustryRailway
Founded10 November 1945
HeadquartersSŏsŏng-guyŏk, ,
Area served
North Korea
ProductsElectric and Diesel locomotives, subway trains and trams.

The Kim Chong-t'ae Electric Locomotive Works (Korean김종태전기기관차연합기업소) in P'yŏngyang is North Korea's largest manufacturer of railway equipment.[1] Established in November 1945 in Sŏsŏng-guyŏk,[2] P'yŏngyang near the P'yŏngyang Railway University and the Korean State Railway's West P'yŏngyang Station, the factory manufactures and overhauls electric and diesel locomotives, passenger cars, streetcars and subway trainsets.[3] It is subordinate to the North Korean Ministry of Railways.[4]

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  2. ^ "Kim Jong Thae Electric Locomotive Complex". Anglo-People's Korea/Songun. 22 December 2015.
  3. ^ 北김종태전기기관차공장 창립 60돌 행사 - 통일뉴스. Tongil News (in Korean). 22 November 2005. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  4. ^ 介书生 (2 July 2013). 【原创】朝鲜铁路机车车辆概况一览. 西西河 (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 September 2021.