Myongdang Line

The Myŏngdang Line is an electrified railway line of the Korean State Railway in P'yŏngyang and in North Hwanghae Province, North Korea, running from Ch'ŏngryong on the P'yŏngdŏk Line to Myŏngdang.^[1]

Myŏngdang Line
Overview
Native name	명당선 (明堂線)
Status	Operational
Owner	Chosen Government Railway (1925–1945) Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Locale	P'yŏngyang-tŭkp'yŏlsi; North Hwanghae
Termini	Ch'ŏngryong Myŏngdang
Stations	4
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Freight rail
History
Opened	1 November 1925
Technical
Line length	19.2 km (11.9 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3000 V DC Catenary
Route map Legend P'yŏngdŏk Line Myŏngdang Line 0.0 Ch'ŏngryong Nam River 6.2 Rihyŏn Sangwŏn River 11.0 Taewŏn P'yŏngyang Pork Factory (bridge appx 220 m (720 ft)) (bridge appx 275 m (902 ft)) Sangwŏn Cement Complex Refractories Plant 19.2 Myŏngdang (bridge appx 205 m (673 ft)) Sangwŏn Cement Complex

Myongdang Line
Chosŏn'gŭl	명당선
Hancha	明堂線
Revised Romanization	Myeongdang-seon
McCune–Reischauer	Myŏngdang-sŏn

History

The Myŏngdang Line, together with Ch'ŏngryong Station, were opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 November 1925.^[2]

Services

See also: List of passenger train services in North Korea

In addition to freight trains serving the Sangwŏn Cement Complex and its refractories plant at Myŏngdang, there are also two pairs of local passenger trains, 702/703 and 704/705, that operate between East P'yŏngyang on the P'yŏngdŏk Line and Myŏngdang.^[1]

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	Ch'ŏngryong	청룡 (靑龍)			P'yŏngdŏk Line
6.2	6.2	Rihyŏn	리현 (梨峴)
11.0	4.8	Taewŏn	대원 (大園)
19.2	8.2	Myŏngdang	명당 (明堂)
		Sangwŏn	상원 (祥原)