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Hambuk Line
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.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), 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. Although located entirely inside North Hamgyŏng Province, this line is one of the DPRK's main trunk railways. The line's total length is ; 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.The traffic and geography in North KoreaHambuk Line(in Korean) Over ten rail lines - secondary mainlines and branchlines - connect to the Hambuk Line, including the Musan Line, the Hoeryŏng Colliery Line, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavy Rail
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 rights-of-way from which all other vehicular and foot traffic are excluded (i.e. is fully grade-separated from other traffic). It uses sophisticated signaling systems, and 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, omnibuses, and other forms of public transport. A variant of the term, ''mass rapid transit (MRT)'', is also used for metro systems in Southeast Asia and Taiwan. Though the term was almost alway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kogŏnwŏn Line
The Kogŏnwŏn Line is a non-electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in Kyŏngwon County, North Hamgyŏng Province, running from Singŏn on the Hambuk Line 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.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama n ... to Kogŏnwŏn.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoeryŏng T'an'gwang Line
The Hoeryŏng T'an'gwang Line (Hoeryŏng Colliery Line) is a non-electrified standard-gauge freight-only secondary line of the Korean State Railway in North Korea, running from Hoeryong Chongnyon Station, Hoeryŏng Ch'ŏngnyŏn on the Hambuk Line to Yuson Station, Yusŏn.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. 93, History The Domun Railway, Tomun Railway, which had completed its mainline from Hoeryŏng to Kangalli Station, Tonggwanjin on 1 November 1924,朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 669, 28 March 1929 (in Japanese) expanded its network in order to serve the colliery, collieries around Hoeryŏng by building a branchline from Hoeryŏng to Yuson Station, Kyerim, which was opened for service on 11 August 1928.朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 472, 25 July 1928 (in Japanese) Less than a year later, on 1 April 1929 the Tomun Railway was nationalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the narrow-gauge Paengmu Line.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), The section from Komusan to Sinch'am is double tracked.The traffic and geography in North KoreaHambuk Line(in Korean) The line starts at Komusan on the Hambuk Line, following the Susŏngch'ŏn stream through the Hamgyŏng Mountains of Puryŏng and Musan Counties to Musan. The line is 57.9 km in length, with 13 stations. There is a sorting yard at Musan Station and locomotive facilities at Ch'ŏlsong. History In order to exploit the rich iron deposits of the Musan region, the North Chosen Colonial Railway began construction of this line, calling it the Hambuk Line (not to be confused with the current Hambuk Line, which at that time was part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tumen River
The Tumen River, also known as the Tuman River or Duman River (), is a long river that serves as part of the boundary between China, North Korea and Russia, rising on the slopes of Mount Paektu and flowing into the Sea of Japan. The river has a drainage basin of 33,800 km2 (13,050 sq mi). The river flows in northeast Asia, on the border between China and North Korea in its upper reaches, and between North Korea and Russia in its last before entering the Sea of Japan. The river forms much of the southern border of Jilin Province in Northeast China and the northern borders of North Korea's North Hamgyong and Ryanggang provinces. Baekdu Mountain on the Chinese-North Korean border is the source of the river, Much of the information comes from the captions to the large illustrated map published with the newspaper article and available online with it. as well as of the Amnok River, also called the Yalu River (which forms the western portion of the border of North Korea and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tumen, Jilin
Tumen (; Chosŏn'gŭl: 도문; Hangul: 투먼) is a county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, eastern Jilin province, Northeast China. Of its 136,000 inhabitants, approximately 78,000 (or 57%) are of Korean descent. The two official languages are Chinese and Korean. Tumen is separated from Namyang of North Hamgyong province of North Korea by the Tumen River. Due to this proximity, many North Koreans escaping North Korea pass through Tumen. Tumen is also the location of a large detention center for captured North Koreans awaiting deportation. Tumen has two major food markets, the South Market and the North Market, where most of the residents purchase their food. Packaged foods and meats are usually sold inside the building, and vegetables are sold outside. There are six elementary schools, with three Korean schools, and three Chinese schools. A riverfront promenade in the city has restaurants where patrons can gaze across the river into North Korea. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namyanggukkyong Line
The Namyanggukkyŏng Line, or Namyang Border Line, is a long railway line of the Korean State Railway connecting Namyang on the Hambuk Line with Kukkyŏng at the DPRK–China border, continuing on to Tumen, China, from Namyang.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. 93 At Tumen it connects with China Railway's Changtu Railway (Changchun–Tumen; 长图铁路), Tujia Railway (Tumen–Jiamusi; 图佳铁路), and Tuhun Railway (Tumen–South Hunchun– Changlingzi and on to Russia; 图珲铁路). The line is electrified between Namyang and Kukkyong. History The Chosen Government Railway (''Sentetsu'') nationalised the privately owned Tomun Railway on 1 April 1929, acquiring the private railway's route from Hoeryŏng to Tonggwanjin (now Kangalli) and calling it the "West Tomun Line".朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 669, 28 March 1929 (in Japanese) Intending to create as short a route as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and shares Borders of Russia, land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than List of countries and territories by land borders, any other country but China. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's ninth-most populous country and List of European countries by population, Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city is Moscow, the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest city entirely within E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hongŭi Station
Hongŭi station is a railway station in Hongŭi-ri, Sŏnbong county, Rasŏn Special City, North Korea; it is the junction point of the Hongŭi and Hambuk lines of the Korean State Railway. History The station was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 16 November 1929, along with the rest of the Unggi–Sinasan section of the East Tomun Line – the first section of that line to be laid. In 2008, construction was started from Khasan, Russia to Rajin port, including modernisation of communications equipment and the conversion of the standard-gauge track to dual-gauge (standard and Russian gauges), to allow movement of trains from Russia to Rajin without stopping for bogie changes. Construction was completed in October 2012, and an opening ceremony was held on 22 September 2013. Services Freight Tumangang station is the primary transit point for trade with Russia; all of this traffic passes through Hongŭi station. The main imports from Russia are timber and crude oil; t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
