The Ryong'am Line is an electrified freight-only railway line of the Korean State Railway in Kujang County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Kujang at the junction of the Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn, Manp'o, and P'yŏngdŏk Lines, to Ryong'am.^[1]

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Ryong'am Line
Overview
Other name(s)	Yongdŭng Line
Native name	룡암선 (龍岩線)
Status	Operational
Owner	Chosen Government Railway (1934–1945) Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Locale	Kujang-gun, North P'yŏngan
Termini	Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn Ryong'am
Stations	2
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Freight rail
History
Opened	1 April 1934
Technical
Line length	6.4 km (4.0 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3000 V DC Catenary
Route map Legend P'yŏngdŏk Line Manp'o Line Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line Ryong'am Line northern curve under construction 0.0 Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn underground facility Kujang Cement Factory 2.6 Tongryonggul 7.4 Ryong'am Ryongdŭng Colliery

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Originally named Yongdŭng Line, this line was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 April 1934. Tongryonggul Station, 2.6 km (1.6 mi) from Kujang, was closed on 15 June 1944.^[2] Given its current name some time after 1950, the line was electrified by 1980.

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