Pungang Line

Line of the Korean State Railway in North Korea

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

Pungang Line
Chosŏn'gŭl	분강선
Hancha	分江線
Revised Romanization	Bun'gang-seon
McCune–Reischauer	Pun'gang-sŏn

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.^[1] 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,^[2] and 1980, when construction of an experimental reactor was begun.^[3]

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	P'arwŏn	팔원 (八院)			Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line
7.2	7.2	Pun'gang	분강 (分江)

References

^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
^ "Research Reactor Details – IRT-DPRK". International Atomic Energy Agency. 30 July 1996. Retrieved 14 February 2007.
^ 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.