Pyongyanghwajon Line

P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant Line
Overview
Native name평양화전선 (平壤火電線)
StatusOperational
OwnerChosen Government Railway (1944–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
LocalePot'onggang-guyŏk and P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk,
P'yŏngyang
Termini
Stations3
Service
TypeHeavy rail, Freight rail
History
Opened21 March 1944 (Pot'onggang–P'yŏngch'ŏn)
1961 (P'yŏngyang Choch'ajang–P'yŏngyanghwajŏn)
Technical
Line length3.7 km (2.3 mi)
Number of tracksSingle track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification3000 V DC Catenary
Route map

P'yŏngnam Line
P'yŏngyanghwajŏn Line
P'yŏngŭi Line
0.0
Pot'onggang
P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant
Taedonggang Battery Factory
3.7
P'yŏngyang Choch'ajang
3.26 Factory
Pot'onggang Fertiliser Factory
5.7
P'yŏngch'ŏn
Posok Foreign Trade Company
Pyongyanghwajon Line
Chosŏn'gŭl
평양화전선
Hancha
Revised RomanizationPyeongyanghwajeon-seon
McCune–ReischauerP'yŏngyanghwajŏn-sŏn

The P'yŏngyanghwajŏn Line, or P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant Line, is an electrified freight-only railway line of the Korean State Railway in Pot'onggang-guyŏk and P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk, P'yŏngyang, North Korea, running from Pot'onggang on the P'yŏngnam Line to P'yŏngch'ŏn, with a branch to the P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant (P'yŏngyanghwajŏn), from which the line gets its name).[1]

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