Poch'ŏn Line
The Poch'ŏn Line, also known as Paektusan Rimch'ŏl Line (''Mount Paektu Forestry Line''), is a former partially electrified narrow gauge line of the Korean State Railway in Ryanggang Province, North Korea, running from Karim Station, Karim on the Samjiyŏn Line to Ryanggang Taepyong Station, Ryanggang Taep'yŏng.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), History Opened around the same time as the connecting Samjiyon Line, Samjiyŏn Line, extensive flooding in 1994 led to the closure of the line.北 자재난 심각…2012년 국책사업 줄줄이 ‘중단’
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Passenger Rail Terminology
Various terms are used for passenger railway lines and equipment; the usage of these terms differs substantially between areas: Rapid transit A rapid transit system is an electric railway characterized by high speed (~) and rapid acceleration. It uses passenger railcars operating singly or in multiple unit trains on fixed rails. It operates on separate right-of-way (transportation), rights-of-way from which all other vehicular and foot traffic are excluded (i.e. is fully grade separation, grade-separated from other traffic). The APTA definition also includes the use sophisticated railway signalling, signaling systems, and railway platform height, high platform loading. Originally, the term ''rapid transit'' was used in the 1800s to describe new forms of quick urban public transportation that had a right-of-way separated from street traffic. This set rapid transit apart from horsecars, trams, streetcars, bus, omnibuses, and other forms of public transport. A variant of the ter ...
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