Pungang Line

{{short description|Line of the Korean State Railway in North Korea}}

{{Infobox rail line

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| name = Pun'gang Line

| other_name = Nyŏngbyŏn Line

| native_name = 분강선 (分江線)

| native_name_lang = ko

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| type = Heavy rail, Regional rail, Freight rail

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| status = Operational

| locale = Nyŏngbyŏn-gun, North P'yŏngan

| start = P'arwŏn

| end = Pun'gang

| stations = 2

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| open = 1965~1980

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| owner = Korean State Railway

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| linelength_km = 7.2

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| tracks = Single track

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WCONTg\RP1\uSTR+l\uSTRq\uCONTfq\\\\~~ ~~ ~~Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line

WASSER\RP1\uSTR!~KBHFa\\\\\\~~0.0~~P'arwŏn

WASSER\RP1\uSTRl!~STR\uSTRq\uSTR+r\\\\

WASSER\RP1l\SKRZ-G1BUE\RP1+r\uSTR\\\\

WABZgl\WASSERq\hKRZWae\RP1oW\uhKRZWae\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq~~ ~~ ~~(bridge appx {{convert|35|m|ft|abbr=on}})

WASSER\\STR\RP1\uSTRl\uSTRq\uSTRq\uSTR+r\

WASSER\\STR\RP1l\RP1q\RP1sRP1\RP1+r\uSTR\

WASSERl\WASSERq\hKRZWae\WASSERq\WASSERq\RP1oW\RP1oW\uhKRZWae\WASSERq~~ ~~ ~~(bridge appx {{convert|75|m|ft|abbr=on}})

\\STR\\\RP1\RP1\uHST\~~ ~~Nyŏngbyŏn

\\STR\\\RP1\RP1\uSTRl\uCONTfq~~ ~~ ~~Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line

\\STR\\\RP1\RP1l\RP1q\RP1q

\\STR\RP1+l\RP1q\RP1rf\\\

\\BHF\RP1\\\\\WORKS~~7.2~~Pun'gang

GRZq\GRZq\STR!~GRZq\RP1!~GRZq\GRZq\GRZq\GRZq\GRZq\GRZq~~ ~~ ~~Nyŏngbyŏn Nuclear Scientific Research Centre

\\ABZgl\RP1!~BUEq\KBSTeq\\\\WORKS~~ ~~ ~~steam plant

WASSER+l\WASSERq\hKRZWae\RP1oW\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq~~ ~~ ~~Kuryŏng River

WASSER\STR+l\ABZgr\RP1\\\\\~~ ~~ ~~(bridge appx {{convert|255|m|ft|abbr=on}})

WASSER\KBSTe\STR\RP1\\\\\WORKS~~ ~~Ryongch'u-ri~~construction support yard

WASSERl\WASSER+r\STR\RP1eRP1\RP1w!~WORKS\\\\~~ ~~ ~~plutonium processing facility

WASSER+l\WASSERr\eABZg+l\RP1!~exBUEq\exKBSTeq\\\\

WASSER\RP1+l\SKRZ-G1BUE\RP1wRP1\\KBSTa\\\WORKS~~ ~~ ~~coal-fired steam plant

WASSER\RP1\ABZgl\RP1!~BUEq\STRq\STRr\\\

WASSER\RP1n!~WORKS\KBSTe\RP1l\RP1q\RP1q\RP1q\RP1q\~~ ~~ ~~uranium fuel plant

WASSERl\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\WCONTfq\~~ ~~ ~~Kuryŏng River

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{{Infobox Korean name|context=north

|hangul=분강선

|hanja=分江線

|mr=Pun'gangsŏn

|rr=Bungangseon

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The Pun'gang Line, also called the Nyŏngbyŏn Line, is a non-electrified railway line of the Korean State Railway in Nyŏngbyŏn County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from P'arwŏn on the Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line to Pun'gang.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) {{ISBN|978-4-10-303731-6}} This line serves the Nyŏngbyŏn Nuclear Scientific Research Centre, located just south of Pun'gang Station.

History

The line was opened sometime between 1965, when a Soviet-supplied research reactor was put into service on the research centre site,{{cite web |title=Research Reactor Details – IRT-DPRK |url=http://www.iaea.org/cgi-bin/rrdb.page.pl/rrdeta.htm?country=KP&site=IRT-DPRK&facno=258 |date=30 July 1996 |accessdate=14 February 2007 |publisher=International Atomic Energy Agency}} and 1980, when construction of an experimental reactor was begun.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/17/world/north-korean-site-has-a-bomb-hints.html |title=North Korean site has A-bomb hints |author=Sheryl WuDunn |newspaper=New York Times |date=17 May 1992 |accessdate=3 January 2017 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329145325/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/17/world/north-korean-site-has-a-bomb-hints.html |archivedate=29 March 2014 }}

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
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| P'arwŏn

| 팔원 (八院)

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| Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line

bgcolor=#F7FE2E|7.2

| bgcolor=#F7FE2E|7.2

| Pun'gang

| 분강 (分江)

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References

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Category:Railway lines in North Korea

Category:Standard-gauge railways in North Korea

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