Signal Progress Made in Railway Transport Sector of DPRK

Pyongyang, August 4 (KCNA) -- The railway transport sector of the DPRK successfully carried out its freight transport plan for July and over 90 people fulfilled their yearly plans.

In July alone, the Pyongyang Railway Bureau increased the transport of freight by over 107 000 tons as against the same period of last year and the number of those who fulfilled their yearly quotas is increasing day by day.

The Hamhung Railway Bureau exercised the proper control over the volume of freight and the movement of locomotives and wagons, put the formation of trains and allocation of wagons on a rational basis and made effective use of existing capacity to raise the rate of carrying out the plan.

Chongjin and Kaechon railway bureaus, too, have carried more materials necessary for the economic construction and the improvement of the people's living standards. -0-

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