Chonghwaryok Line
{{Short description|Railway line in North Korea}}
{{Infobox rail line
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| name = Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk Line
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| native_name = 청화력선 (淸火力線)
| native_name_lang = ko
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| type = Heavy rail, freight rail
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| status = Operational
| locale = South P'yŏngan
| start = Kubongsan
| end = Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk
| stations = 2
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| open = 1976
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| owner = Korean State Railway
| operator = Korean State Railway
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| linelength_km = 2.5
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| tracks = Single track
| gauge = {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}}
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{{routemap
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uCONTgq\uSTRq!~lELC\uSTRq!~KBHFaq\STR2+r\STRc3\\\\~~0.0~~Kubongsan~~Kubongsan Line to Ch'ŏngch'ŏn'gang
\\\STRc1\ABZ4+2l!~lELC\STRq!~STRc3\STRq\KDSTeq\WORKS~~2.5~~Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk~~Ch'ŏngch'ŏn River Thermal Power Plant
\\\\STRc1\uSTR+4!~STRl+4\tSTRaq\\~~ ~~ ~~underground entrance to powerplant
\\\\\uSTRl!~lELC\uCONTfq\\~~ ~~ ~~Kubongsan Line to East Namhŭng
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{{Infobox Korean name|context=north|
hangul=청화력선|
hanja={{linktext|淸|火|力|線}}|
mr=Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk-sŏn|
rr=Cheonghwaryeok-seon|
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The Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk Line is an electrified standard-gauge freight-only secondary line of the Korean State Railway in South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Kubongsan on the Kubongsan Line to Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), {{ISBN|978-4-10-303731-6}}
History
The line was opened by the Korean State Railway in the 1976[http://nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr/nkp/overview/nkOverview.do?sumryMenuId=EC211 통합 검색 결과 : 북창화력발전연합기업소 (전체 82건) - 북한정보포털] to supply the Ch'ŏngch'ŏn River Thermal Power Plant with coal from the Sŏhae Line.Choe, Un-sik, 한국의 전통 사회 운송 기구, {{ISBN|978-89-7300-728-8}}, 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.
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| colspan="2" | Distance (km) | colspan="2" | Station Name | colspan="2" | Former Name | ||||
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| Total | S2S | Transcribed | Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) | Transcribed | Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) | Connections |
| 0.0
| 0.0 | Kubongsan | 구봉산 (龜鳳山) | | | ||||||
| 2.5
| 2.5 | Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk | 청화력 (淸火力) | | | |
References
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