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Namheung Line
The Namheung Line (南興線, ''Nankō-sen'') was a narrow gauge railway line of the Chosen Railway, Chōsen Railway (''Chōtetsu'') of Korea under Japanese rule, colonial-era Korea, located in South Hamgyong Province, South Hamgyeong Province, serving an industrial area south of the city of Hamhung, Hamheung.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), History The Chosen Forestry Railway, Chōsen Forestry Railway extended its Hamnam Line (Chōtetsu), Hamnam Line from Yonggwang Station, Oro to Changpung Station, Jangpung on 25 August 1923, and at the same time opened Sohamhung Station, West Hamheung Station between Hamheung and Kadam Station, Heungsang, from Hamheung.;朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō No. 3320, 4 September 1923 later that year, it merged with five other companies to form the Chōsen Railway. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passenger Rail Terminology
Various terms are used for passenger railway lines and equipment; the usage of these terms differs substantially between areas: Rapid transit A rapid transit system is an electric railway characterized by high speed (~) and rapid acceleration. It uses passenger railcars operating singly or in multiple unit trains on fixed rails. It operates on separate right-of-way (transportation), rights-of-way from which all other vehicular and foot traffic are excluded (i.e. is fully grade separation, grade-separated from other traffic). The APTA definition also includes the use sophisticated railway signalling, signaling systems, and railway platform height, high platform loading. Originally, the term ''rapid transit'' was used in the 1800s to describe new forms of quick urban public transportation that had a right-of-way separated from street traffic. This set rapid transit apart from horsecars, trams, streetcars, bus, omnibuses, and other forms of public transport. A variant of the ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
