P'yongyang Choch'ajang is a marshalling yard in Chŏngp'yŏng-dong, P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk, P'yŏngyang, North Korea, on the P'yŏngyanghwajŏn Line of the Korean State Railway,[1] it is the starting point of a branch to the P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant.[2]
P'yŏngyang marshalling yard 평양조차장 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 평양조차장 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Pyeongyang Jochajang | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | P'yŏngyang Choch'ajang | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Chongp'yŏng-dong, P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk, P'yŏngyang North Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°01′52″N 125°42′35″E / 39.03111°N 125.70972°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 21 March 1944 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
| Original company | Chosen Government Railway | |||||||||||||||
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History edit
The marshalling yard was opened by the Chosen Government Railway at the same time as Pot'onggang Station on the P'yŏngnam Line, opened on 21 March 1944.[3] The branch from the marshalling yard to the power plant was opened in 1961.[4]
The yard has five tracks, along with a spur track serving the Taedonggang Battery Factory in Saemaŭl-dong, P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk.[5]
References edit
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ "P'yŏngnam Line". The traffic and geography in North Korea (in Korean).
- ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Gazette of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa No. 5137, 22 March 1944.
- ^ Dormels, Rainer (2014). "Profiles of the cities of DPR Korea - Pyongyang" (PDF). Universität Wien. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ Dormels, Rainer (2014). "Profiles of the cities of DPR Korea - Pyongyang" (PDF). Universität Wien. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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