Pyongyang Chochajang

P'yŏngyang marshalling yard 평양조차장
Korean name
Hangul	평양조차장
Hanja	平壤操車場
Revised Romanization	Pyeongyang Jochajang
McCune–Reischauer	P'yŏngyang Choch'ajang
General information
Location	Chongp'yŏng-dong, P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk, P'yŏngyang North Korea
Coordinates	39°01′52″N 125°42′35″E
Owned by	Korean State Railway
Tracks	5
History
Opened	21 March 1944
Electrified	yes
Original company	Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Pot'onggang Terminus P'yŏngyanghwajŏn Line P'yŏngch'ŏn Terminus Terminus P'yŏngyanghwajŏn Line (power plant branch) P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant Terminus

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]

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.