The Musan Kwangsan Line, or Musan Mining Line is a non-electrified freight-only

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line of the

Korean State Railway The Korean State Railway is the operating arm of the Ministry of Railways of North Korea (), commonly called the State Rail () and has its headquarters at Pyongyang, P'yŏngyang. The current Minister of Railways is Chang Jun-song. History 19 ...

Musan County Musan County is a county in central North Hamgyong province, North Korea. It borders the People's Republic of China to the north, across the Tumen River. It is divided into one ''ŭp'', six labor districts, and fifteen ''ri''. The county seat ...

, North Hamgyŏng Province,

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, running from Ch'ŏlsong on the

Musan Line The Musan Line is an electrified standard-gauge secondary trunk line of the Korean State Railway in Musan and Puryŏng counties, North Hamgyŏng Province, North Korea, running from Komusan on the Hambuk Line to Musan, where it connects to ...

to Musan Kwangsan.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō)

History

The Musan Mining Line was opened by the Korean State Railway in 1971.Choe, Un-sik, 한국의 전통 사회 운송 기구, , pp. 115

Services

Most freight traffic on the line is

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from the Musan Mining Complex destined for the Kim Chaek Steel Complex, the Ch'ŏngjin Steel Works, the Sŏngjin Steel Complex and for

Namyang Station Namyang station is a railway station in Namyang-rodongjagu, Onsŏng county, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway, and there is a bridge across the Tumen River, giving a connection to the Chinese railway ne ...

for export to

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.The traffic and geography in North Korea
Hambuk Line
(in Korean)

Route

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

References

Railway lines in North Korea Standard-gauge railways in North Korea {{NorthKorea-rail-transport-stub