Topic summary

Sinhung Line

Sinhung Line

(bridge appx 95 m (312 ft))

(bridge appx 80 m (260 ft))

33.5

Ch'ŏnbulsan

30.7

Chŏndong

28.2

Changpung

Closed

(bridge appx 65 m (213 ft))

25.9

P'ungsang

(bridge appx 80 m (260 ft))

17.0

Yŏnggwang

(bridge appx 415 m (1,362 ft))

12.3

Changhŭng

9.3

Pumin

6.6

Kadam

Chongsŏng Street

0.0

West Hamhŭng

0.0

←to P'yŏngyang

-3.9

Hamhŭng Choch'ajang

Sŏho Lineto Sŏho

Pinallon Lineto Hŭngnam

to Rajin

The Sinhŭng Line is an electrified 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow gauge railway line of the Korean State Railway in South Hamgyŏng Province, North Korea, running from Hamhŭng (Hamhŭng-si) to Pujŏnhoban (Pujŏn-gun) on via Sinhŭng (Sinhŭng-gun).

Between Hamhŭng and Sinhŭng, a distance of 40.9 km (25.4 mi), the line is standard gauge, but the remaining 50.6 km (31.4 mi) from Sinhŭng to the terminus at Pujŏnhoban is 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow gauge; the narrow gauge section is also electrified.

Though primarily an industrial railway connecting to the Pujŏn River hydroelectric power plant, it also plays an important role in passenger transportation in the region. There is a 550 m (1,800 ft) section between Songhŭng and Pujŏllyŏng that is cable-hauled.

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