The Unsan Line is a former non-electrified narrow gauge line of the

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in North P'yŏngan Province,

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, running from Puksinhyŏl-li,

Hyangsan County Hyangsan County is a ''kun'', or county, in Chagang province, North Korea. It was established, following the division of Korea, from portions of Nyŏngbyŏn county. The area of Myohyangsan mountain, which stands on the county's border, has been ...

on the

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to Samsal-ri,

Unsan County Unsan County is a ''kun'', or county, in eastern North P'yŏngan province, North Korea. Within the province, it borders Hyangsan to the east, Kujang and Nyŏngbyŏn to the south, and Tongch'ang and T'aech'ŏn to the west. In addition, it ...

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

History

The Unsan Line was originally opened by the Korean State Railway in the 1970s;Choe, Un-sik, 한국의 전통 사회 운송 기구, it was closed some time in the 1990s. Trains on the line were pulled by

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-built 400 series

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s.Huxtable, Nils, and Ziel, Ron, ''Steam Beneath the Red Star'' p 194, Amereon House, 1995, By December 2003, there was little that remained of the line, with only the bridge abutments leaving Puksinhyon station being visible and no buildings or locomotives seen.

Routes

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

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; an orange background indicates that section is non-electrified narrow gauge.

References

{{Unsan Line (ng) Railway lines in North Korea 2 ft 6 in gauge railways in North Korea