The Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk Line is an electrified standard-gauge freight-only 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 Kubongsan on the Kubongsan Line to Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),

History

The line was opened by the Korean State Railway in the 1976통합 검색 결과 : 북창화력발전연합기업소 (전체 82건) - 북한정보포털
/ref> to supply the Ch'ŏngch'ŏn River Thermal Power Plant with coal from the

Sŏhae Line The Sŏhae Line, also known as the Anju Colliery Line (안주 탄광선), is a partially electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Mundŏk on the P'yŏngŭi Lin ...

.Choe, Un-sik, 한국의 전통 사회 운송 기구, , pp. 114-115 The name of the line, and of Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk station, is derived from the name of the power plant - Ch'ŏngch'ŏngang Hwaryŏk Paljŏnso (청천강화력발전소).

Route

A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified.

References

{{coord missing, North Korea Railway lines in North Korea Standard gauge railways in North Korea