1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge partly with 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) (Dual Gauge, Hongŭi-Rajin)
Electrification
3000 V DC Overhead lines
Route map
Legend
Some stations omitted for clarity
Ch'ŏngjinhang
Ch'ŏngjinhang Line
P'yŏngra Line
Ch'ŏngjin Rly Eqpt Factory
-3.1
Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Ch'ŏngjin Choch'ajang
0.0
Panjuk
Green: Kangdŏk Line
Kŭndong
Blue: P'yŏngra Line
4.7
Susŏng
10.3
Sŏngmak
18.1
Changhŭng
24.1
Hyŏngje
Puryŏng Ferroalloy Factory
32.6
Puryŏng
38.9
Komusan
Komusan Cement Factory
Sŏsang
Musan Line
44.7
Sŏkpong
51.4
Ch'angp'yŏng
58.7
Chŏn'gŏri
former mine
Hoeryŏng Colliery Line
89.5
Hoeryŏng Ch'ŏngnyŏn
93.5
Sinhoeryŏng
Closed
96.3
Kŭmsaeng
Kŭngsim-dong
Closed
Sech'ŏn Line
Chaokai Line
←DPRK-China→
Closed
129.9
Sambong
136.2
Hasambong
Closed 1933
142.1
Chongsŏng
Tongp'o Line
Songp'yŏng Line
150.3
Kangalli
0.8
Gukkyŏng
Namyanggukkyŏng Line
169.0
0.0
Namyang
Car shops
180.4
Unsŏng
mines
208.2
Hunyung
East Manchuria Ry
(Closed)
237.4
Sin'gŏn
Kogŏnwŏn Line
Ch'undu
Ch'undu Line
255.0
Songhak
Hoeam Line
285.6
0.0
Hongŭi
1.0
Chŏkchi
Hongŭi Line
9.5
Tumangang
286.6
Mulgol
←DPRK~Russia→
East Sea
Taejin Port
300.7
Ungsang
313.0
Sŏnbong
Sŭngri Line
3.0
Namrajin
Closed
Namrajin Branch
Closed
328.2
0.0
Rajin
Rajinhang Line
P'yŏngra Line
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Hambuk Line
Chosŏn'gŭl
함북선
Hancha
咸北線
Revised Romanization
Hambukseon
McCune–Reischauer
Hambuksŏn
The Hambuk Line is an electrified standard-gauge trunk line of the Korean State Railway in North Korea, 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, and at Namyang to the Namyang Border Line, which leads to Tumen, China, via the bridge over the Tumen River.[1]
Although located entirely inside North Hamgyŏng Province, this line is one of the DPRK's main trunk railways. The line's total length is 325.1 km (202.0 mi); in terms of length, it is the second-longest rail line in the country after the P'yŏngra Line, accounting for 7.7% of the national total of railway lines.[2]
Over ten rail lines - secondary mainlines and branchlines - connect to the Hambuk Line, including the Musan Line, the Hoeryŏng Colliery Line, the Kogŏnwŏn Line, the Hoeam Line, and the Hongŭi Line, along with numerous branchlines. The Hambuk Line connects three cities and four counties - Ch'ŏngjin City, Puryŏng County, Hoeryŏng City, Onsŏng County, Kyŏngwŏn County, Kyŏnghŭng County, and the Rason Special City.
In terms of regional characteristics, the Hambuk Line passes through two largely distinct areas. It runs inland in mountainous terrain between Panjuk to Hoeryŏng, then along the Tumen River and the northern border of the country all the way to Rajin. The steepest part of the line is between Puryŏng and Ch'angp'yŏng, where the ruling gradient is over 20‰. Conversely, the route on the Tumen River's bank along the national border is comparatively flat.
There is double track from Susŏng, where the line connects to the Kangdŏk line, to Komusan, where the Musan line begins; the dual-gauge section (standard and Russian gauges) from Hongŭi to Rajin is also double-tracked.
There are service facilities for locomotives in Hoeryŏng and Sambong and for rolling stock in Namyang.[2]
^ abKokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
^ abThe traffic and geography in North Korea: Hambuk Line (in Korean)
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