Ŭnsan Line

Ŭnsan Line
Overview
Native name 은산선(殷山線)
Type Heavy rail, Passenger & freight rail
Regional rail
Status Operational
Locale South P'yŏngan
Termini Ŭnsan
Oedong
Stations 11 (incl. Chiktong Branch)
Operation
Owner Korean State Railway
Operator(s) Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length 41.7 km (25.9 mi)
Number of tracks Single track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 3000 V DC Overhead line
Route map

Legend
P'yŏngra Line
0.0 Ŭnsan
2.5 Haksan
P'yŏngra Line
Ŭnsan-gun/Sunch'ŏn-si
P'yŏngra Line
5.8
0.0
Taegŏn
P'yŏngra Line
Chiktong Branch
9.4 Chŭngsal-li
4.7 Pusalli(Pusan Aluminium Factory)
6.6 Puhŭng
12.5 Ryongak
8.5 Chiktong T'an'gwang8 February Coal Mine
19.2 Ch'op'yŏng
Sunch'ŏn Airbase
24.9 Samsu
Sunch'ŏn-si

Taedong River
Kaech'ŏn-si
abandoned branchline
Coal facility
28.6 Mujindae
33.2 Oedong
Coal mine (prison)
Kaech'ŏn-si/Pukch'ang-gun
34.5 Pongch'ang
Pongch'ang District Coal Mine
Ŭnsan Line
Chosŏn'gŭl
Hancha
Revised Romanization Eunsan-seon
McCune–Reischauer Ŭnsan-sŏn

The Ŭnsan Line is an electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the North Korean Korean State Railway running from Ŭnsan on the P'yŏngra Line to Oedong.[1]

Route

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

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
0.0 Ŭnsan 은산 P'yŏngra Line
2.5 Haksan 학산
5.8 Taegŏn 대건 P'yŏngra Line (Taegŏn Branch), Chiktong Branch
9.4 Chŭngsalli 증산리
12.5 Ryongak 룡악
19.2 Ch'op'yŏng 초평
24.9 Samsu 삼수
28.6 Mujindae 무진대
33.2 Oedong 외동
38.2 Pongch'ang 봉창

Chiktong Branch

Electrified.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
0.0 Taegŏn 대건 P'yŏngra Line (Taegŏn Branch), Ŭnsan Line
4.7 Pusalli 부산리
6.6 Puhŭng
8.5 Chiktong T'an'gwang 직동

References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6

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