The Choyang T'an'gwang Line, or Choyang Colliery Line is an electrified
railway
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line of the
Korean State Railway
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History
19 ...
in
Kaech'ŏn city,
South P'yŏngan Province,
North Korea
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, running from
Kaech'ŏn at the junction of the
Kaech'ŏn and
Manp'o Lines to
Choyang Colliery.
[Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) ]
History
The Choyang Colliery Line was opened on 13 May 1916 by the Mitsui Mining Railway, which became the
Kaech'ŏn Light Railway in 1927; the Kaech'ŏn Light Railway was subsequently taken over by the
Chosen Government Railway
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on 1 November 1932.
[朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1741, 26 October 1932 (in Japanese)]
Route
A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that a section of the line is not electrified.
References
Railway lines in North Korea
Standard-gauge railways in North Korea
Railway lines opened in 1916
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