The Chiktong T'an'gwang Line, or Chiktong Colliery Line, is an electrified standard-gauge secondary 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 ...
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 Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and ...
, running from
Taegŏn Station at the junction of the
Taegŏn and
Ŭnsan lines to
Chiktong T'an'gwang.
[Kokubu, Hayato, , ] The line serves the
Pusan Aluminium Factory at
Pusalli, as well as the large
8 February Chiktong Ch'ŏngnyŏn Colliery at Chiktong T'an'gwang.
Route
A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified.
References
Railway lines in North Korea
Standard gauge railways in North Korea
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