Musan Line

Musan Line
Overview
Other name(s)Hambuk Line
Native name무산선 (茂山線)
StatusOperational
OwnerNorth Chosen Colonial Railway (1927–1944)
Chosen Government Railway (1944–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
LocaleMusan-gun, Puryŏng-gun, North Hamgyŏng
Termini
  • Komusan
  • Musan
Stations13
Service
TypeHeavy rail, Regional rail
Depot(s)Ch'ŏlsong
History
OpenedStages between 1927-1929
1 May 1940 (regauged)
Technical
Line length57.9 km (36.0 mi)
Number of tracksDouble track (Komusan - Sinch'am)
Single track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Old gauge762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Electrification3000 V DC Catenary
Route map

Legend
60.4
 Musan Kangan
Closed
Paengmu Line
57.9
 Musan
54.3
 Musan Ch'ŏlsan
Sŏngch'ŏnsu
(bridge appx 210 m (690 ft))
Musan Kwangsan Line
50.5
 Ch'ŏlsong Ch'ŏngnyŏn
(bridge appx 50 m (160 ft))
Saegil
Closed
45.7
 Chuch'o
(bridge appx 55 m (180 ft))
39.4
 West P'ungsan
(bridge appx 75 m (246 ft))
33.6
 Sinch'am
sawmill
(tunnel appx 420 m (1,380 ft))
(tunnel appx 390 m (1,280 ft))
26.6
 Kŭmp'ae
(tunnel appx 3,310 m (10,860 ft))
P'yemusanch'ŏn
(bridge appx 60 m (200 ft))
(bridge appx 55 m (180 ft))
18.9
 Ch'aryŏng
underground facility
14.5
 P'yemusan
(bridge appx 60 m (200 ft))
(bridge appx 130 m (430 ft))
underground facility
8.9
 Musu
(bridge appx 80 m (260 ft))
ore mine
(bridge appx 90 m (300 ft))
Hambuk Line connection unfinished
4.2
 Sŏsang
(bridge appx 155 m (509 ft))
Komusan Cement Factory
0.0
 Komusan
Hambuk Line
Musan Line
Chosŏn'gŭl
무산선
Hancha
Revised RomanizationMusan-seon
McCune–ReischauerMusan-sŏn

The Musan Line is an electrified standard-gauge secondary trunk line of the Korean State Railway in Musan and Puryŏng counties, North Hamgyŏng Province, North Korea, running from Komusan on the Hambuk Line to Musan, where it connects to the narrow-gauge Paengmu Line.[1] The section from Komusan to Sinch'am is double tracked.[2]

The line starts at Komusan on the Hambuk Line, following the Susŏngch'ŏn stream through the Hamgyŏng Mountains of Puryŏng and Musan Counties to Musan. The line is 57.9 km in length, with 13 stations.[2]

There is a sorting yard at Musan Station and locomotive facilities at Ch'ŏlsong.[2]

  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ^ a b c The traffic and geography in North Korea: Hambuk Line (in Korean)