P'yongyang Choch'ajang is a

marshalling yard A classification yard (American and Canadian English (Canadian National Railway use)), marshalling yard (British, Hong Kong, Indian, Australian, and Canadian English (Canadian Pacific Railway use)) or shunting yard (Central Europe) is a railway ya ...

in Chŏngp'yŏng-dong, P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk,

P'yŏngyang Pyongyang (, , ) is the capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is known as the "Capital of the Revolution". Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 population ...

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

, on the P'yŏngyanghwajŏn Line of the

Korean State Railway The Korean State Railway (), commonly called the State Rail () is the operating arm of the Ministry of Railways of North Korea and has its headquarters at P'yŏngyang. The current Minister of Railways is Chang Jun Song. History 1945–195 ...

,Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), it is the starting point of a branch to the P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant.

History

The marshalling yard was opened by the Chosen Government Railway at the same time as Pot'onggang Station on the

P'yŏngnam Line The P'yŏngnam Line is an electrified standard-gauge trunk line of the Korean State Railway in North Korea, linking P'yŏngyang with the port city of Namp'o and the hot springs at P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn. The length of the line is .Kokubu, Hayato, ...

, opened on 21 March 1944.朝鮮總督府官報 (The Gazette of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa No. 5137, 22 March 1944. The branch from the marshalling yard to the power plant was opened in 1961. The yard has five tracks, along with a spur track serving the

Taedonggang Battery Factory The Taedonggang Battery Factory( ko, 대동강축전지공장), located in Saemaŭl-dong, P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk, P'yŏngyang, North Korea, is a factory producing batteries for vehicles and power plants. It is served by rail via the P'yŏngnam Line ...

in Saemaŭl-dong, P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk.

References

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