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Pun'gang Line
Overview
Other name(s)	Nyŏngbyŏn Line
Native name	분강선 (分江線)
Status	Operational
Owner	Korean State Railway
Locale	Nyŏngbyŏn-gun, North P'yŏngan
Termini	P'arwŏn Pun'gang
Stations	2
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Regional rail, Freight rail
History
Opened	1965~1980
Technical
Line length	7.2 km (4.5 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Legend Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line 0.0 P'arwŏn (bridge appx 35 m (115 ft)) (bridge appx 75 m (246 ft)) Nyŏngbyŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line 7.2 Pun'gang Nyŏngbyŏn Nuclear Scientific Research Centre 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

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

History

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

Route

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

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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