Kubongsan Line

Kubongsan Line
Overview
Native name 구봉산선 (龜鳳山線)
Type Heavy rail, Passenger & freight rail
Regional rail
Status Operational
Locale South P'yŏngan
Termini Ch'ŏngch'ŏn'gang
East Namhŭng
Stations 4
Operation
Opened 1970s
Owner Korean State Railway
Operator(s) Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length 12.2 km (7.6 mi)
Number of tracks Single track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Route map
0.0 Ch'ŏngch'ŏn'gang→Maengjungri P'yŏngŭi Line
2.4 Songdo
Namhŭng Line
8.5 Kubongsan
Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk Line
KPA February 20 Factory
Anju Silicate Brick Factory
12.2 East Namhŭng
Kubongsan Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 구봉산선
Hancha
Revised Romanization Gubongsan-seon
McCune–Reischauer Kubongsan-sŏn

The Kubongsan Line is an electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Ch'ŏngch'ŏn'gang on the P'yŏngŭi Line to East Namhŭng.[1]

History

The line was opened by the Korean State Railway in the 1970s.[2]

Services

The line serves the February 20 Factory of the Korean People's Army near Kubongsan, as well as the Anju Silicate Brick Factory (안주씨리카트벽돌공장, Anju Ssirik'at'ŭ Byŏgdol Gongjang) adjacent to East Namhŭng Station. The brick factory was opened in December 1986.

Route

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

Distance
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Distance
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Station Name
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Station Name
(Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja))
Former Name
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Former Name
(Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja))
Connections
0.0 0.0 Ch'ŏngch'ŏn'gang 청천강 (清川江) P'yŏngŭi Line
~2.4 ~2.4 Songdo 송도 (松都) Namhŭng Line
~8.5 ~6.1 Kubongsan 구봉산 (亀鳳山) Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk Line
~12.2 ~3.7 East Namhŭng (Tongnamhŭng) 동남흥 (東南興) Ryonghŭng 령흥 (龍興)

References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. Choe, Un-sik, 한국의 전통 사회 운송 기구, ISBN 978-89-7300-728-8, pp. 114-115

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