Chollima Line

{{short description|Metro line in Pyongyang, North Korea}}

{{use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox rail line

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| name = Pyongyang Metro Chŏllima Line

| color = {{Rail color|Pyongyang Metro|Chollima}}

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| image = Pyongyang - Kaeson station 2010.jpg

| image_width = 300px

| caption = View of the island platform at Kaesŏn Station.

| type = Rapid transit

| system =

| status =

| locale = Pyongyang

| start = Puhung

| end = Pulgŭnbyŏl

| stations = 8

| routes =

| open = {{Start date and age|1973|09|05}}{{Cite journal |last=Pak |first=Yong Hwan |date=December 1973 |title=Front Cover |journal=Korea Today |issue=207}}

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| owner = Pyongyang Metro

| operator = Pyongyang Metro

| character =

| depot = Sopo

| stock = BVG Class D, Underground Electric Vehicle No. 1

| linelength = {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}}

| tracklength =

| gauge = 1435mm

| speed =

| signalling = Automatic block signaling

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| map = {{Chollima}}

| map_state = expanded

}}

The Chŏllima Line ({{Korean|천리마선|千里馬線|context=north}}) is a rapid transit line owned and operated by Pyongyang Metro in Pyongyang, North Korea.{{cite web |title=The Pyongyang Metro: Statistics |url=http://www.pyongyang-metro.com/metrostats.html |accessdate=19 November 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130191827/http://www.pyongyang-metro.com/metrostats.html |archive-date=2016-01-30 |date=30 January 2016|work=pyongyang-metro.com}} The line has a depot at Sopo, near the Korean State Railway's Sopo station.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:平壌地下鉄 千里馬線|url=http://2427junction.com/dprkpyongyangcl.html|access-date=2020-07-20|website=2427junction.com|language=ja|archive-date=December 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222094540/http://2427junction.com/dprkpyongyangcl.html|url-status=live}}

The section from Ponghwa station to Puhung station is also referred to as the Mangyongdae Line; nonetheless most sources refer to the metro system as having two lines.{{Cite web|title=地底200米的朝鲜 揭秘40年前的平壤地铁|url=https://www.sohu.com/a/www.sohu.com/a/206587203_100065882|access-date=2021-10-26|website=www.sohu.com|language=en|archive-date=April 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405064043/https://www.sohu.com/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=平壌地下鉄|url=http://2427junction.com/dprkpyongyangmetro.html|access-date=2021-10-26|website=2427junction.com|archive-date=November 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126031236/https://2427junction.com/dprkpyongyangmetro.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Метро Пхеньяна — самое загадочное метро в мире - новости строительства и развития подземных сооружений|url=https://undergroundexpert.info/metropoliteny-mira-i-rf/metro-mira/metro-pkhenyana/|access-date=2021-10-26|website=undergroundexpert.info|language=ru|archive-date=May 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506224548/https://undergroundexpert.info/metropoliteny-mira-i-rf/metro-mira/metro-pkhenyana/|url-status=live}} There are plans to extend the line from Puhung to Mangyongdae and from Pulgunbyol to Sopo, which already connects to the metro depot, but does not have third rail electrification. There was allegedly a plan to extend the line to Pyongsong in the 1980s.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:平壌地下鉄、電力難で不規則運行…金正恩氏自慢の「新型」活躍できず|url=https://dailynk.jp/archives/100601|access-date=2021-03-12|website=DailyNK Japan（デイリーNKジャパン）|language=ja|archive-date=July 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726120653/https://dailynk.jp/archives/100601|url-status=live}}

In 1999, KBS reported that the third line was already under construction and scheduled to open for the 55th Party Foundation Day in 2000. It was to run from Kwangbok station to Mangyongdae.{{Cite web|title=평양 지하철 증설공사|url=https://mn.kbs.co.kr/mobile/news/view.do?ncd=3800956|access-date=2021-10-26|website=KBS 뉴스|language=ko|archive-date=October 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026042257/https://mn.kbs.co.kr/mobile/news/view.do?ncd=3800956|url-status=live}}

In 2024, Thongil station was renamed to just "station", as shown by a tour of the metro system taken by Russian embassy staff. The name Thongil (Unification) was removed in accordance with Kim Jong-un's new belligerent policy toward South Korea.{{Cite web |title=地下鉄駅名が「駅」？…北朝鮮、平壌地下鉄「統一駅」から「統一」削除（中央日報日本語版） |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/ef80ed4b89d56205be2617dfca7668d2fccb66c4 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=Yahoo!ニュース |language=ja |archive-date=February 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221105725/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/ef80ed4b89d56205be2617dfca7668d2fccb66c4 |url-status=live }} By September 2024, the station was renamed Moranbong.{{Cite web |last=Sokolin |first=Anton |date=2024-09-30 |title=North Korea renames subway station, purging reference to reunification {{!}} NK News |url=https://www.nknews.org/2024/09/north-korea-renames-subway-station-purging-reference-to-reunification/ |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=NK News - North Korea News |language=en-US}}