Korean State Railway

Korean State Railway
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Korean State Railway (Choson Cul Minzuzui Inmingonghoagug) of North Korea has its headquarters at Pyongyang. In 1998, the Minister of Railways was Pak Yong Sok.[1]

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Statistics

  • Track gauge: almost entirely standard gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) but a small mileage of narrow gauge
  • Route length: 8,000 km
  • Electrification: 3,940 km at 3 kV DC

Routes

Main article: Rail transport in North Korea

Stations

Main article: List of railway stations in North Korea

Rolling stock

Locomotive in DPR Korea

Locomotives are a mixture of imported, and locally built, machines.[2] Since the early 1980s, rolling stock, and some locomotives, have been built at the Kim Jong Tae factory at Pyongyang.

The railway fleet consists of a mix of electric, diesel and steam locomotives. Railroad cars are mostly made in North Korea using Soviet designs. There are some locomotives from Imperial Japan, the United States and Europe remaining in use. Particularly in recent years, a growing number of second-hand China National Railways locomotives have been spotted in active service on North Korean trackage, in particular Beijing BJ hydraulic units and early build Chinese DF4 units decommissioned from use on the CNR. Soviet-made M62 diesel locomotives are also used; North Korean industry has made at least two copies of the M62 locomotive. Former Chinese DFH3 and Soviet TEM1 diesels are also in operation.

See also

  • Korail, South Korea's national rail operator

References

  1. ^ Harris, Ken (editor), Jane's World Railways, fortieth edition 1998-99, ISBN 0710618131
  2. ^ http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/nkorea04.htm
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