Myongdang Line
{{Short description|Railway line in North Korea}}
{{Infobox rail line
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| name = Myŏngdang Line
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| native_name = 명당선 (明堂線)
| native_name_lang = ko
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| type = Heavy rail, Freight rail
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| status = Operational
| locale = P'yŏngyang-tŭkp'yŏlsi;
North Hwanghae
| start = Ch'ŏngryong
| end = Myŏngdang
| stations = 4
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| daily_ridership =
| open = 1 November 1925
| close =
| owner = Chosen Government Railway (1925–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
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| linelength_km = 19.2
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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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{{routemap
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| map=
\\\\\\\\uSTRq~~ ~~ ~~P'yŏngdŏk Line
\\\\\\\\STRq~~ ~~ ~~Myŏngdang Line
\\\\\\uCONTg\\
\\\\\\uSTR!~lELC\\
ELCa\\\\\\uSTR!~KDSTa\\~~0.0~~Ch'ŏngryong
BL\\\\STR+l\STRq\uSTR!~STRr\\
BL\\\\STR\WASSER+l\uhKRZWae\WCONTfq\~~ ~~ ~~Nam River
BL\\\\HST\WASSER\uSTR!~lELC\\~~6.2~~Rihyŏn
BL\\\STR+l\STRr\WASSER\uSTRl\uCONTfq\
BL\\\STR\WASSER+l\WABZgr\\\~~ ~~ ~~Sangwŏn River
BL\\\HST\WASSER\WASSERl\WASSERq\WASSERq\WORKS~~11.0~~Taewŏn~~P'yŏngyang Pork Factory
BL\\\STRl\hKRZWaeq\STR+r\\\~~ ~~ ~~(bridge appx {{convert|220|m|ft|abbr=on}})
BL\\\\WASSER\STR\\\
BL\\\STR+l\hKRZWaeq\STRr\\\~~ ~~ ~~(bridge appx {{convert|275|m|ft|abbr=on}})
BL\\KBSTaq\ABZgr\WASSER\\\\WORKS~~ ~~ ~~Sangwŏn Cement Complex Refractories Plant
BL\\\BHF\WASSER\\\\~~19.2~~Myŏngdang
BL\WASSER+l\WASSERq\hKRZWae\WASSERr\\\\~~ ~~ ~~(bridge appx {{convert|205|m|ft|abbr=on}})
ELCe\WASSER\KDSTaq\STRr\\\\\WORKS~~ ~~ ~~Sangwŏn Cement Complex
}}
}}
{{Infobox Korean name|context=north
|hangul=명당선
|hanja={{linktext|明|堂|線}}
|mr=Myŏngdang-sŏn
|rr=Myeongdang-seon
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}}
The Myŏngdang Line is an electrified railway line of the Korean State Railway in P'yŏngyang and in North Hwanghae Province, North Korea, running from Ch'ŏngryong on the P'yŏngdŏk Line to Myŏngdang.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) {{ISBN|978-4-10-303731-6}}
History
The Myŏngdang Line, together with Ch'ŏngryong Station, were opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 November 1925.Japanese Government Railways (1937), 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, p. 486
Services
{{See also|List of passenger train services in North Korea}}
In addition to freight trains serving the Sangwŏn Cement Complex and its refractories plant at Myŏngdang, there are also two pairs of local passenger trains, 702/703 and 704/705, that operate between East P'yŏngyang on the P'yŏngdŏk Line and Myŏngdang.
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | S2S | Transcribed | Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) | Transcribed | Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) | Connections |
| 0.0
| 0.0 | Ch'ŏngryong | 청룡 (靑龍) | | | ||||||
| 6.2
| 6.2 | Rihyŏn | 리현 (梨峴) | | | | ||||||
| 11.0
| 4.8 | Taewŏn | 대원 (大園) | | | | ||||||
| 19.2
| 8.2 | Myŏngdang | 명당 (明堂) | | | | ||||||
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| Sangwŏn | 상원 (祥原) | | | |
References
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