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P'yŏngyang station is the main station in North Korea and it connects most of the cities of the country: Chŏngju, Sinŭiju, Namp'o, Sariwŏn, Kaesŏng, Wŏnsan, Hamhŭng and Rason. Beside domestic routes, international trains link Pyongyang with the Chinese capital Beijing four times weekly (24 hours) [ 2 ] and the Chinese city of Dandong ...
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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]
To train new generations of railway engineers and railway workers, the P'yŏngyang Railway University was opened in September 1959. [ 29 ] Thus, by the end of the 1950s, North Korea's rail network had been restored to what it had been during the period of Japanese rule, with 3,167 km (1,968 mi) of standard gauge and 599 km (372 mi) of narrow ...
Tongp'yŏngyang station (East P'yŏngyang station) is a railway station located in P'yŏngyang, North Korea, on the P'yŏngdŏk Line of the Korean State Railway. [ 1 ] History
After Kim Il Sung's death in 1994, some members of Kim Jong Il's faction proposed changing the name of Pyongyang to "Kim Il Sung City" (Korean: 김일성시; Hanja: 金日成市), but others suggested that North Korea should begin calling Seoul "Kim Il Sung City" instead and grant Pyongyang the moniker "Kim Jong Il City". In the end, neither ...
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The Korean State Railway has a branchline of the P'yŏngnam Line in the guyŏk with a marshalling yard, Pyongyang Choch'ajang in Chŏngp'yŏng-dong, and the freight-only P'yŏngch'ŏn Station in Haeun 1-dong, providing a number of industries in the area with rail freight service. [26]