The Kubongsan Line is an electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the
Korean State Railway
The Korean State Railway (), commonly called the State Rail () is the operating arm of the Ministry of Railways of North Korea and has its headquarters at Pyongyang, P'yŏngyang. The current Minister of Railways is Chang Jun Song.
History
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in
South P'yŏngan Province,
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...
, running from
Ch'ŏngch'ŏn'gang on the
P'yŏngŭi Line
The P'yŏngŭi Line is an electrified main trunk line of the Korean State Railway of North Korea, running from P'yŏngyang to Sinŭiju on the border with China.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), It is the main co ...
to
East Namhŭng.
[Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ]
History
The line was opened by the Korean State Railway in the 1970s.
[Choe, Un-sik, 한국의 전통 사회 운송 기구, , pp. 114-115]
Services
The line serves the
February 20 Factory of the
Korean People's Army
The Korean People's Army (KPA; ) is the military force of North Korea and the armed wing of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). Under the '' Songun'' policy, it is the central institution of North Korean society. Currently, WPK General S ...
near Kubongsan, as well as the
Anju Silicate Brick Factory (안주씨리카트벽돌공장, ''Anju Ssirik'at'ŭ Pyŏktol Kongjang'') adjacent to East Namhŭng Station. The brick factory was opened in December 1986.
Route
A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified.
References
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Railway lines in North Korea
Standard gauge railways in North Korea