The Ch'ŏnsŏng T'an'gwang Line, or Ch'ŏnsŏng Colliery Line is an electrified standard-gauge freight-only secondary line of the
Korean State Railway in
South P'yŏngan Province,
North Korea, running from
Sinch'ang on the
P'yŏngra Line
The P'yŏngra Line is an electrified standard-gauge trunk line of the Korean State Railway in North Korea, running from P'yŏngyang to Rason, where it connects with the Hambuk Line.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), I ...
to
Ch'ŏnsŏng.
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History
The line was originally opened by the
Chosen Government Railway in 1936. After the
partition of Korea
The division of Korea began with the defeat of Japan in World War II. During the war, the Allied leaders considered the question of Korea's future after Japan's surrender in the war. The leaders reached an understanding that Korea would be li ...
, it was located entirely within the north, and it was part of the first section of line electrified by the Korean State Railway in 1946, between
Yangdŏk on the P'yŏngra Line to Ch'ŏnsŏng via Sinch'ang.
This electrification was destroyed during the
Korean War, but in 1958 the Ch'ŏnsŏng–Sinch'ang–
Kowŏn section was re-electrified.
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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