Kubongsan Line

{{Short description|Railway line in North Korea}}

{{Infobox rail line

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| name = Kubongsan Line

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| native_name = 구봉산선 (龜鳳山線)

| native_name_lang = ko

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| type = Heavy rail, Passenger & freight rail
Regional rail

| system =

| status = Operational

| locale = South P'yŏngan

| start = Ch'ŏngch'ŏn'gang

| end = East Namhŭng

| stations = 4

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| open = 1970s

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| owner = Korean State Railway

| operator = Korean State Railway

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| linelength_km = 12.2

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| tracks = Single track

| gauge = {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}}

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BL\\\STR+l\ABZgl_orange!~STRr\STRq_orange!~lELC\CONTfq_orange\\~~ ~~ ~~Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk Line

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{{Infobox Korean name|context=north|

hangul=구봉산선|

hanja={{linktext|龜|鳳|山|線}}|

mr=Kubongsan-sŏn|

rr=Gubongsan-seon|

}}

The Kubongsan Line is an electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Ch'ŏngch'ŏn'gang on the P'yŏngŭi Line to East Namhŭng.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), {{ISBN|978-4-10-303731-6}}

History

The line was opened by the Korean State Railway in the 1970s.Choe, Un-sik, 한국의 전통 사회 운송 기구, {{ISBN|978-89-7300-728-8}}, pp. 114-115

Services

The line serves the February 20 Factory of the Korean People's Army near Kubongsan, as well as the Anju Silicate Brick Factory (안주씨리카트벽돌공장, Anju Ssirik'at'ŭ Pyŏktol Kongjang) adjacent to East Namhŭng Station. The brick factory was opened in December 1986.

Route

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

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
colspan="2" | Distance (km)colspan="2" | Station Namecolspan="2" | Former Name
TotalS2STranscribedChosŏn'gŭl (Hanja)TranscribedChosŏn'gŭl (Hanja)Connections
0.0

| 0.0

| Ch'ŏngch'ŏn'gang

| 청천강 (淸川江)

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| P'yŏngŭi Line

2.4

| 2.4

| Songdo

| 송도 (松道)

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| Namhŭng Line

8.5

| 6.1

| Kubongsan

| 구봉산 (龜鳳山)

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| Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk Line

12.2

| 3.7

| East Namhŭng (Tongnamhŭng)

| 동남흥 (東南興)

| Ryonghŭng

| 령흥 (龍興)

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References

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Category:Railway lines in North Korea

Category:Standard-gauge railways in North Korea