Posan Line

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Posan Line
Overview
Native name보산선 (保山線)
Type Heavy rail, Freight rail
Status Operational
Locale South P'yŏngan
Termini Kangso
Posan
Stations 2
Operation
Owner Korean State Railway
Operator(s) Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length 6.8 km (4.2 mi)
Number of tracks Single track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 3000 V DC Catenary
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Taean Line
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0.0Kangsŏ
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Kŭmsŏng Tractor Factory
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April 13 Ironworks
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Posan town
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6.8Posan docks
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Taedong River
Posan Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 보산선
Hancha
Revised Romanization Bosan-seon
McCune–Reischauer Posan-sŏn

The Posan Line is an electrified freight-only railway line of the Korean State Railway in South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea from Kangsŏ at the junction of the P'yŏngnam and Taean Lines, to Posan. [1]

Contents

Services

The April 13 Ironworks at Posan produces pig iron, all of which is shipped to the Ch'ŏllima Steel Complex a short distance away at Kangsŏn on the P'yŏngnam Line, whilst using raw materials received from all over the western part of the country. [2]

Route

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Connections
0.00.0Kangsŏ강서 (江西)Kiyang기양 (岐陽) Taean Line, P'yŏngnam Line
5.05.0Posan보산 (保山)

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References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) ISBN   978-4-10-303731-6
  2. Staff. "4월13일제철소(四月十三日製鐵所) (in Korean)" . Retrieved 14 December 2016.