The Ryongmun T'an'gwang Line, or Ryongmun Colliery Line is an electrified

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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 ...

Kujang County Kujang County is a ''kun'', or county, in southeastern North P'yŏngan province, North Korea. It was created in 1952 from part of Nyŏngbyŏn county, as part of a nationwide reorganization of local government. It borders Nyŏngbyŏn on the wes ...

, North P'yŏngan Province,

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, running from Ŏryong on the

Manp'o Line The Manp'o Line is an electrified standard-gauge trunk line of the North Korean State Railway running from Sunch'ŏn on the P'yŏngra Line to Manp'o on the Pukpu Line. The line continues on from Manp'o to Ji'an, China.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍� ...

to Ryongmun Colliery.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō)

History

Ŏryong Station on the Manp'o Line was opened on 1 May 1941, when the construction of a new line to the coal mines at Ryongmun began; the line, named the Ryongmun Colliery Line, was opened by the

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on 1 September 1941.朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 4378, 26 August 1941 Electrification of the line was completed by 1980.

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 {{NorthKorea-rail-transport-stub