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Pungang Line

Pungang Line

Line of the Korean State Railway in North Korea

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.

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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.

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References

  1. [1]
    Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. [2]
    "Research Reactor Details – IRT-DPRK". International Atomic Energy Agency. 30 July 1996. Retrieved 14 February 2007.
  3. [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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