Hambuk Line

Hambuk Line
Overview
Type	Heavy rail, Regional rail
Status	Operational
Locale	North Hamgyeong Rason
Termini	Banjuk Rajin
Stations	51
Operation
Opening	Stages between 1916-1935
Owner	Korean State Railway
Operator(s)	Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length	325.1 km (202.0 mi)
No. of tracks	Double track (Susong - Komusan) Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge partly with 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in) (Dual Gauge)
Electrification	3000 V DC Catenary
Route map Legend Ch'ŏngjin Port Line, P'yŏngra Line 0.0 Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn Banjuk P'yŏngra Line Kangdŏk Line 7.8 Susŏng ↑Chongjin/Buryeong↓ 13.4 Sŏngmak 21.2 Changhŭng Hyŏngje 35.8 Puryŏng 42.1 Komusan Musan Line Sŏkbong 54.5 Ch'angp'yŏng ↑Buryeong/Hoeryong↓ 61.8 Chŏn'gŏ-ri 67.9 P'ungsan Ch'angdu 79.5 Jungdo 85.5 Taedŏk 92.6 Hoeryŏng Ch'ŏngnyŏn Hoeryeong Mine Line 93.5 Sinhoeryong 96.3 Kŭmsaeng 102.0 Koryŏngjin Sinhakp'o Sech'ŏn Branch 110.3 Hakp'o 119.7 Sinjŏn 126.1 Kanp'yŏng ↑Hoeryong/Onsong↓ 133.0 Sambong Chaokai Line 136.2 Hasambong Closed in 1933 142.1 Jongseong Tongp'o Branch 147.3 Soam Closed in 1944 Sŏngp'yŏng Branch 150.3 Kangal-li (Donggwan) 156.2 Sugup'o 162.9 Kangyang For Tumen, China 169.0 Namyang 172.9 P'ungri 179.0 Seseon 183.5 Onsŏng 189.0 P'ung'in 198.6 Hwangp'a Old East Manchuria Railway 208.2 Hunyung ↑Onsong/Kyongwon↓ 213.6 Hamyŏn 217.9 Saebyŏl 225.2 Nongpo 229.0 Ryongdong-ri 237.4 Singŏn Kogŏnwŏn Line ↑Kyongwon/Kyonghung↓ 248.0 Sinasan Ch'ongdu Branch 255.0 Songhak Hoeam Line 261.2 Haksong ↑Kyonghung/Rason↓ 269.9 Ch'ŏnghak 279.6 Sahoe 285.6 Hongŭi Hongŭi Line Mulgol 292.7 Kuryongp'yŏng 300.7 Ungsang 308.1 Tongsonbong Closed 313.0 Sonbong Sŭngri Branch Baekhwa 319.2 Kwan'gok 328.2 Rajin P'yŏngra Line, Rajin Port Line

The Hambuk Line is an electrified standard-gauge trunk line of the North Korean State Railway running from Ch'ŏngjin on the P'yŏngra Line to Rajin, likewise on the P'yŏngra line.^[1] The Hambuk line connects to the Hongŭi Line at Hongŭi, which is North Korea's only rail connection to Russia. There is also a connection at Namyang to the Chinese railway network via the Chinese Tumen station. There is double track from Susŏng, where the line connects to the Kangdŏk line, to Komusan, where the Musan line begins.

Route

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

Sech'ŏn Branch

Electrified.

Tongp'o Branch

Not electrified.

Sŏngp'yŏng Branch

Not electrified.

Ch'ongdu Branch

Not electrified.

Sŭngri Branch

Not electrified.

References

Hambuk Line Mainline Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn Ch'ŏngam Susŏng Sŏngmak Changhŭng Hyŏngje Puryŏng Komusan Sŏkpong Ch'angp'yŏng Chŏn'gŏ-ri P'ungsan Ch'angdu Chungdo Taedŏk Hoeryŏng Ch'ŏngnyŏn Kŭmsaeng Koryŏngjin Sinhakp'o Hakp'o Sinjŏn Kanp'yŏng Sambong Chongsŏn Kangal-li Sugup'o Kangyang Namyang P'ungri Unsŏng P'ung'in Hwangp'a Hunyung Hamyŏn Saebyŏl Kongp'o Ryongdang-ri Singŏn Sinasan Songhak Haksong Ch'ŏnghak Sahoe Hongŭi Kuryongp'yŏng Ungsang Tongsŏngbong Sŏngbong Kwan'gok Rajin Sŏngp'yŏng Branch Kangal-li Sŏngp'yŏng Ch'ongdu Branch Songhak Ch'ongdu Sŭngri Branch Sŏngbong Sŭngri