Mapyong Line

Map'yŏng Line
Overview
Native name마평선 (馬坪線)
StatusOperational
OwnerKorean State Railway
LocaleT'aech'ŏn-gun, North P'yŏngan
Termini
Stations3
Service
TypeHeavy rail, Regional rail, Freight rail
Operator(s)Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length2.9 km (1.8 mi)
Number of tracksSingle track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Route map

0.0
Yŏnjung
2.9
Hwŏnhwa
Taechon Youth Dam No. 3
4.0
T'aech'ŏn Nuclear Reactor (abandoned)
11.1
Map'yŏng
Closed
(tunnel appx 100 m (330 ft))
12.2
former construction yard
Taech'ŏn Youth Dam No. 2
Mapyong Line
Chosŏn'gŭl
마평선
Hancha
Revised RomanizationMapyeong-seon
McCune–ReischauerMap'yŏng-sŏn

The Map'yŏng Line is a non-electrified railway line of the Korean State Railway in T'aech'ŏn County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from P'arwŏn on the Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line to Hwŏnhwa.[1]

The line formerly continued from Hwŏnhwa to past the site of the T'aech'ŏn nuclear reactor, but that section was abandoned after construction of the reactor was halted in 1994;[2] the line had also continued further on to Map'yŏng to assist with the construction of the large Taech'ŏn No. 2 Hydroelectric Power Station further up the Taeryŏng River.

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