Musan Kwangsan Station

Musan Kwangsan
무산광산
Korean name
Hangul 무산광산역
Hanja 茂山鉱山驛
Revised Romanization Musan Gwangsan-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Musan Kwangsan-yŏk
General information
Location Musan-gun, North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 1971
Electrified yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
Terminus
Musan Mining LineTerminus

Musan Kwangsan Station is a railway station in Musan County, North Hamgyŏng Province, North Korea. It is the terminus of the freight-only Musan Mining Line of the Korean State Railway's Musan Line.[1]

History

The station, together with the line, was opened in 1971 by the Korean State Railway.[2]

Services

Magnetite from the Musan Mining Complex destined for the Kim Chaek Steel Complex, the Ch'ŏngjin Steel Works, the Sŏngjin Steel Complex and for Namyang Station for export to China, is loaded onto trains at this station.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 93. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. ↑ Choe, Un-sik, 한국의 전통 사회 운송 기구, ISBN 978-89-7300-728-8, pp. 115
  3. ↑ The traffic and geography in North Korea: Hambuk Line (in Korean)

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