Chonsong Tangwang Line

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gaugeElectrification3000 V DC Catenary

Route map

Legend

					P'yŏngra Line to P'yŏngyang

					Suyang



					(bridge appx 90 m (300 ft))
				7.5	Mangilli
				9.2	Ch'ŏnsŏng
				0.0	Sinch'ang

					P'yŏngra Line to Rajin

Chonsong Tangwang Line
Chosŏn'gŭl	천성탄광선
Hancha	天聖炭鑛線
Revised Romanization	Cheonseongtan'gwang-seon
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'ŏnsŏngt'an'gwang-sŏn

The Ch'ŏnsŏng T'an'gwang Line, or Ch'ŏnsŏng Colliery Line is an electrified standard-gauge freight-only secondary line of the Korean State Railway in South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Sinch'ang on the P'yŏngra Line to Ch'ŏnsŏng.^[1]

History

The line was originally opened by the Chosen Government Railway in 1936. After the partition of Korea, it was located entirely within the north, and it was part of the first section of line electrified by the Korean State Railway in 1946, between Yangdŏk on the P'yŏngra Line to Ch'ŏnsŏng via Sinch'ang.^[2]^[3] This electrification was destroyed during the Korean War, but in 1958 the Ch'ŏnsŏng–Sinch'ang–Kowŏn section was re-electrified.

Route

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

Distance (km)		Station Name		Former Name
Total	S2S	Transcribed	Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja)	Transcribed	Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja)	Connections
0.0	0.0	Sinch'ang	신창 (新倉)			P'yŏngra Line
7.5	7.5	Mangilli	망일리 (望日里)
9.2	1.7	Ch'ŏnsŏng	천성 (天聖)			Ch'ŏnsŏng Ch'ŏngnyŏn Colliery

References

^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
^ "デロイを探せ！（その49） 1948年の「北」におけるデロイ｜ゴンブロ！（ゴンの徒然日記）". Ameblo.jp. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
^ Korean Review. Pyongyang, Korea (DPR): Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1983. p. 205.