Pyongyang Chochajang

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
Korean name
Hangul
평양조차장
Hanja
Revised RomanizationPyeongyang Jochajang
McCune–ReischauerP'yŏngyang Choch'ajang
General information
LocationChongp'yŏng-dong,
P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk,
P'yŏngyang
North Korea
Coordinates39°01′52″N 125°42′35″E
Owned byKorean State Railway
Tracks5
History
Opened21 March 1944
Electrifiedyes
Original companyChosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
Terminus
P'yŏngyanghwajŏn Line
Terminus
TerminusP'yŏngyanghwajŏn Line
(power plant branch)
P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant
Terminus

History

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
  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. "P'yŏngnam Line". The traffic and geography in North Korea (in Korean).
  3. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Gazette of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa No. 5137, 22 March 1944.
  4. Dormels, Rainer (2014). "Profiles of the cities of DPR Korea - Pyongyang" (PDF). Universität Wien. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  5. Dormels, Rainer (2014). "Profiles of the cities of DPR Korea - Pyongyang" (PDF). Universität Wien. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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