Pungang Line

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.[1] This line serves the Nyŏngbyŏn Nuclear Scientific Research Centre, located just south of Pun'gang Station.

Pun'gang Line
Overview
Other name(s)Nyŏngbyŏn Line
Native name분강선 (分江線)
StatusOperational
OwnerKorean State Railway
LocaleNyŏngbyŏn-gun, North P'yŏngan
TerminiP'arwŏn
Pun'gang
Stations2
Service
TypeHeavy rail, Regional rail, Freight rail
History
Opened1965~1980
Technical
Line length7.2 km (4.5 mi)
Number of tracksSingle track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Route map

0.0
P'arwŏn
(bridge appx 35 m (115 ft))
(bridge appx 75 m (246 ft))
Nyŏngbyŏn
7.2
Pun'gang
steam plant
Kuryŏng River
(bridge appx 255 m (837 ft))
Ryongch'u-ri
construction support yard
plutonium processing facility
coal-fired steam plant
uranium fuel plant
Kuryŏng River
Pungang Line
Chosŏn'gŭl
분강선
Hancha
Revised RomanizationBun'gang-seon
McCune–ReischauerPun'gang-sŏn

History

The line was opened sometime between 1965, when a Soviet-supplied research reactor was put into service on the research centre site,[2] and 1980, when construction of an experimental reactor was begun.[3]

Route

A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified.

Distance (km)Station NameFormer Name
TotalS2STranscribedChosŏn'gŭl (Hanja)TranscribedChosŏn'gŭl (Hanja)Connections
0.0 0.0 P'arwŏn 팔원 (八院) Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line
7.2 7.2 Pun'gang 분강 (分江)

References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. "Research Reactor Details – IRT-DPRK". International Atomic Energy Agency. 30 July 1996. Retrieved 14 February 2007.
  3. Sheryl WuDunn (17 May 1992). "North Korean site has A-bomb hints". New York Times. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2017.

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