Unsan Line
Overview
Native name	운산선 (雲山線)
Status	Closed
Owner	Korean State Railway
Locale	North P'yŏngan
Termini	Puksinhyŏn Samsan
Stations	7
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Passenger & freight rail Regional rail
History
Opened	1970s
Closed	1990s
Technical
Line length	45 km (28 mi) (est.)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Route map 0.0 Puksinhyŏn Manp'o Line Ch'ŏngch'ŏn River (bridge appx 360 m (1,180 ft)) ~6.5 Rohyŏn Closed ~14.5 Sangsŏ Closed ~22.0 Undaesan Closed ~28.0 P'yŏngbuk Unsan Closed P'ongyangch'ŏn ~36.0 Pangŏ Closed Kuryŏng River ~45.0 Samsan Closed

The Unsan Line is a former non-electrified narrow gauge line of the Korean State Railway in North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Puksinhyŏl-li, Hyangsan County on the Manp'o Line to Samsal-ri, Unsan County.^[1]

History

The Unsan Line was originally opened by the Korean State Railway in the 1970s;^[2] it was closed some time in the 1990s.

Trains on the line were pulled by Czechoslovakian-built 400 series 0-6-0T steam tank locomotives.^[3]

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.^[4]

Routes

A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified; a pink background indicates that section is 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge; an orange background indicates that section is non-electrified narrow gauge.

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