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	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

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]