Pyongyanghwajon Line
{{Short description|Railway line in North Korea}}
{{Infobox rail line
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| name = P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant Line
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| native_name = 평양화전선 (平壤火電線)
| native_name_lang = ko
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| type = Heavy rail, Freight rail
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| status = Operational
| locale = Pot'onggang-guyŏk and P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk,
P'yŏngyang
| start = Pot'onggang
| end = P'yŏngch'ŏn
| stations = 3
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| open = 21 March 1944 (Pot'onggang–P'yŏngch'ŏn)
1961 (P'yŏngyang Choch'ajang–P'yŏngyanghwajŏn)
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| owner = Chosen Government Railway (1944–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
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| linelength_km = 3.7
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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'yŏngnam Line
\\\\\\\\STRq~~ ~~P'yŏngyanghwajŏn Line
\\\\\\\\fSTRq~~ ~~P'yŏngŭi Line
\\\\\\fCONTg\\
\\\\\\fSTR!~lELC\\
\\WASSER+l\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\fhKRZWae\WASSERq\~~ ~~ ~~Pot'ong River
ELCa\uCONTgq\uhKRZWaeq\uSTRq!~lELC\uSTRq!~KBHFaq\ABZq+l\uSTRr!~fSTR!~uSTR+r\\~~0.0~~Pot'onggang
BL\\WASSER\\uKBSTaq\uSTRr!~STR\uSTR!~lELC\\WORKS
BL\\WASSER\STR+l\STRq\STRr\uCONTf\\
BL\RACONTgq\RP2oWq!~RAq\SKRZ-Au\RAq\RAq\RACONTfq\\~~ ~~ ~~Youth Hero Motorway
BL\\WASSER\STR\KDSTa\\\\WORKS~~ ~~ ~~P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant
BL\\WASSER\STR\ABZg+l\KBSTeq\KBSTa\\WORKS~~ ~~ ~~Taedonggang Battery Factory
BL\\WASSER\STRl\ABZql\DSTq\ABZq+r!~STRl\KBSTeq\WORKS~~3.7~~P'yŏngyang Choch'ajang~~3.26 Factory
BL\\WASSER\\\KBSTaq\ABZg+r\\WORKS~~ ~~ ~~Pot'onggang Fertiliser Factory
BL\\WASSER\\\\STRl\STR+r!~KBSTeq\WORKS~~5.7~~P'yŏngch'ŏn
ELCe\\WASSER\\\\\KBSTe\WORKS~~ ~~ ~~Posok Foreign Trade Company
\WCONTgq\WABZqr\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\~~ ~~ ~~Taedong River
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}}
{{Infobox Korean name|context=north
|hangul=평양화전선
|hanja=平壤火電線
|mr=P'yŏngyanghwajŏnsŏn
|rr=Pyeongyanghwajeonseon
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}}
The P'yŏngyanghwajŏn Line, or P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant Line, is an electrified freight-only railway line of the Korean State Railway in Pot'onggang-guyŏk and P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk, P'yŏngyang, North Korea, running from Pot'onggang on the P'yŏngnam Line to P'yŏngch'ŏn, with a branch to the P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant (P'yŏngyanghwajŏn), from which the line gets its name).Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) {{ISBN|978-4-10-303731-6}}
History
The original line between Pot'onggang Station to P'yŏngch'ŏn via the P'yŏngyang Marshalling Yard was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 21 March 1944.朝鮮總督府官報 (The Gazette of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa No. 5137, 22 March 1944. This was extended by the Korean State Railway in 1961, when construction of the P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant began.{{cite web|url=http://www.univie.ac.at/koreanologie/fileadmin/user_upload/DigitalNK/Forschungsarbeit/Pyongyang.pdf|title=Profiles of the cities of DPR Korea - Pyongyang|author=Dormels, Rainer|date=2014|publisher=Universität Wien|access-date=17 December 2016}} The line was given its current name at that time.
Services
The line serves a number of industries, notably the Taedonggang Battery Factory, the 26 March Electric Wire Factory, and the P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant in Saemaŭl-dong, P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk,{{cite web|url=http://www.univie.ac.at/koreanologie/fileadmin/user_upload/DigitalNK/Forschungsarbeit/Pyongyang.pdf|title=Profiles of the cities of DPR Korea - Pyongyang|author=Dormels, Rainer|date=2014|publisher=Universität Wien|access-date=17 December 2016}} the Pot'onggang Organic Fertiliser Factory in Chŏngpy'ŏng-dong, P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk, adjacent to the marshalling yard, and the Posok Korean Foreign Trade Company.
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 | |||
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| Total | S2S | Transcribed | Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) | Connections |
| 0.0
| 0.0 | Pot'onggang | 보통강 (普通江) | P'yŏngnam Line | ||||
| 3.7
| 3.7 | P'yŏngyang Choch'ajang | 평양조차장 (平壤操車場) | {{nowrap|branch to P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant}} | ||||
| 5.7
| 2.0 | P'yŏngch'ŏn | 평천 (平川) | Pot'onggang Organic Fertiliser Factory |
References
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