Namhung Line

Namhŭng Line
Overview
Native name	남흥선 (南興線)
Status	Operational
Owner	Korean State Railway
Locale	South P'yŏngan
Termini	Maengjungri Namhŭng
Stations	3
Service
Type	Heavy rail, freight rail
Operator(s)	Korean State Railway
Depot(s)	Namhŭng
History
Opened	1976
Technical
Line length	6.7 km (4.2 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map 0.0 Maengjungri ←Ch'ŏngch'ŏn'gang P'yŏngŭi Line 2.4 Songdo Kubongsan Line Ch'ŏngch'ŏn River (bridge appx 130 m (430 ft)) limits of Anju No. 121 Paper Factory log unloading furniture factory tank farm 6.7 Namhŭng (bridge appx 90 m (300 ft)) abandoned branch construction limits of Namhŭng Youth Chemical Complex Anju Polyester Spinning Factory tank farm for storage of liquid chemicals locomotive shop urea fertiliser plant polyethylene sheeting plant sodium bicarbonate plant anthracite gasification plant

Namhung Line
Chosŏn'gŭl	남흥선
Hancha	南興線
Revised Romanization	Namheung-seon
McCune–Reischauer	Namhŭng-sŏn

The Namhŭng Line is an electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Maengjungri on the P'yŏngŭi Line to Namhŭng.^[1]

A maintenance facility for the diesel shunting locomotives that move freight cars between Namhŭng Station and the chemical complex was opened just east of the station in 2009-2010.^[2]

History

The line was opened by the Korean State Railway in 1976 to serve the Namhŭng Youth Chemical Complex.^[3] The line was electrified sometime between 2006 and 2010.^[2]

Services

Though the bulk of the freight traffic on this line is to and from the chemical complex, it also serves the Anju No. 121 Paper Factory located just west of the chemical complex.^[2]

Within the Namhŭng Youth Chemical Complex itself, the sodium bicarbonate plant, the urea fertiliser plant, the polyethylene sheeting plant, a tank farm for storage of liquid chemicals, and the polyester spinning factory are all served by rail.^[4] The anthracite gasification plant which was opened in 2013 is also rail-served,^[4] receiving anthracite coal for processing via a dedicated railyard.

Route

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

Distance (km)		Station Name		Former Name
Total	S2S	Transcribed	Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja)	Transcribed	Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja)	Connections (former)
0.0	0.0	Maengjungri	맹중리 (孟中里)			P'yŏngŭi Line (Pakch'ŏn Line)
2.4	2.4	Songdo	송도 (松道)			Kubongsan Line
6.7	4.3	Namhŭng	남흥 (南興)

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. The Namhung Industrial Area: Overview
3. Choe, Un-sik, 한국의 전통 사회 운송 기구, ISBN 978-89-7300-728-8, pp. 114-115
4. North Korea’s Namhung Youth Chemical Complex: Seven Years of Construction Pays Off