Hyoksin Line

Metro line in Pyongyang, North Korea
  • Kwangbok
  • Ragwŏn
Stations9 (include closed station)ServiceTypeRapid transitRolling stockBVG Class DHistoryOpened1978TechnicalLine length15 km (9.3 mi)Track gauge1435mmElectrification750 V third railSignallingAutomatic block
Route map

Legend
 Ragwŏn
Kwangmyŏng
Samhŭng
Link track to Chollima Line[1]
Chŏnsŭng
(■ Jŏnu)
 Hyŏksin
Kŏnsŏl
Hwanggŭmbŏl
Kŏn'guk
Kwangbok
Yŏngung
Ch'ilgok
  • v
  • t
  • e

The Hyoksin Line (Korean: 혁신선; Hanja: 革新線) is a rapid transit line owned and operated by Pyongyang Metro in Pyongyang, North Korea.

The location of the depot seems to be to the west of Kwangbok station, although where it actually is located is unknown.[2]

Stations

Stations of the Pyongyang Metro
#2 Hyŏksin Line 혁신선 (革新線)
Station Name in English[3] Transfer Opened
Kwangbok
(광복; 光復)		 Liberation 9 September 1985
Kŏn'guk
(건국; 建國)		 State Building Pot'onggang Station
(P'yŏngnam Line)
Tram interchange Pyongyang Tram Line 1
Hwanggŭmbŏl
(황금벌; 黃金벌)		 Golden Field Tram interchange Tram Line 1 and 3

Pyongyang trolleybus route 8

6 September 1978
Kŏnsŏl
(건설; 建設)		 Construction
Hyŏksin
(혁신; 革新)		 9 September 1975
Jŏnsŭng
(전승; 戰勝)		 War Victory[4]   Chŏllima Line (Jŏnu)
Samhŭng
(삼흥; 三興)		 Kumsusan Line
Kwangmyŏng
(광명; 光明)		 Closed in 1995
Ragwŏn
(락원; 樂園)		 Paradise

References

  1. ^ "平壌地下鉄 革新線". Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  2. ^ "平壌地下鉄 革新線". 2427junction.com. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  3. ^ Pyongyang review. Foreign Languages Publishing House (North Korea). 1988. pp. 86, 87.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". The Pyongyang Times. Archived from the original on 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2021-03-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This article about a railroad station in North Korea is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e