The Tŭkchang Line is an electrified
railway
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
line of the
Korean State Railway
The Korean State Railway is the operating arm of the Ministry of Railways of North Korea (), commonly called the State Rail () and has its headquarters at Pyongyang, P'yŏngyang. The current Minister of Railways is Chang Jun-song.
History
19 ...
in
South P'yŏngan Province,
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 borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...
, running from
Pukch'ang on the
P'yŏngdŏk Line
The P'yŏngdŏk Line is an electrified standard-gauge trunk line of the Korean State Railway in North Korea running from Taedonggang Station in Pyongyang, P'yŏngyang, where it connects to the Pyongbu Line, P'yŏngbu, Pyongnam Line, P'yŏngnam, ...
to
Sŏksan.
[Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) ]
History
The line was opened in 1961 to assist with the construction of the
Pukch'ang Thermal Power Complex which began in that year.
통합 검색 결과 : 북창화력발전연합기업소 (전체 82건) - 북한정보포털
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Services
The important Pukch'ang Thermal Power Complex - the largest coal-fired power plant in the DPRK
Route
A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified.
References
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Railway lines in North Korea
Standard-gauge railways in North Korea