Namhung Line

Namhŭng Line
Overview
Native name남흥선 (南興線)
StatusOperational
OwnerKorean State Railway
LocaleSouth P'yŏngan
Termini
Stations3
Service
TypeHeavy rail, freight rail
Operator(s)Korean State Railway
Depot(s)Namhŭng
History
Opened1976
Technical
Line length6.7 km (4.2 mi)
Number of tracksSingle track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Route map

0.0
Maengjungri
←Ch'ŏngch'ŏn'gang P'yŏngŭi Line
2.4
Songdo
(bridge appx 130 m (430 ft))
log unloading
furniture factory
tank farm
6.7
Namhŭng
(bridge appx 90 m (300 ft))
abandoned branch construction
tank farm for storage of liquid chemicals
locomotive shop
urea fertiliser plant
polyethylene sheeting plant
sodium bicarbonate plant
anthracite gasification plant
Namhung Line
Chosŏn'gŭl
남흥선
Hancha
Revised RomanizationNamheung-seon
McCune–ReischauerNamhŭng-sŏn

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

A maintenance facility for the diesel shunting locomotives that move freight cars between Namhŭng Station and the chemical complex was opened just east of the station in 2009-2010.[2]

  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ^ The Namhung Industrial Area: Overview