Chaedong Line

{{Short description|Railway line in North Korea}}

{{Infobox rail line

| box_width = auto

| name = Chaedong Line

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| native_name = 재동선 (梓洞線)

| native_name_lang = ko

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| type = Heavy rail, Freight rail

| system =

| status = Operational

| locale = South P'yŏngan

| start = Kujŏng

| end = Chaedong

| stations = 2

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| open = 1 October 1941

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| owner = West Chosen Central Railway (1941–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)

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| linelength_km = 4.4

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| tracks = Single track

| gauge = {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}}

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| electrification = 3000 V DC Catenary

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{{Infobox Korean name|context=north

|hangul=제동선

|hanja={{lang|ko|{{linktext|梓|洞|線}}}}

|mr=Chaedong-sŏn

|rr=Jaedong-seon

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The Chaedong Line is an electrified railway line of the Korean State Railway in South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Kujŏng on the P'yŏngdŏk Line to Chaedong.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) {{ISBN|978-4-10-303731-6}}

History

The Chaedong Line was opened by the West Chosen Central Railway on 1 October 1941, at the same time as the railway's Sinsŏngch'ŏnPukch'ang line.{{lang|ja|朝鮮総督府官報}} (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 4410, 4 October 1941 (in Japanese)

Route

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

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colspan="2" | Distance (km)colspan="2" | Station Namecolspan="2" | Former Name
TotalS2STranscribedChosŏn'gŭl (Hanja)TranscribedChosŏn'gŭl (Hanja)Connections
0.0

| 0.0

| Kujŏng

| {{lang|ko|구정 (九井)}}

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| P'yŏngdŏk Line

4.4

| 4.4

| Chaedong

| {{lang|ko|재동 (梓洞)}}

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