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.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),
History The Unsan Line was originally opened by the Korean State Railway in the 1970s;Choe, Un-sik, 한국의 전통 사회 운송 기구, it was closed some time in the 1990s.
Trains on the line were pulled by Czechoslovak-built 400 series 0-6-0T steam tank locomotives.Huxtable, Nils, and Ziel, Ron, Steam Beneath the Red Star p 194, Amereon House, 1995,
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.
Routes
A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified; a pink background indicates that section is narrow gauge; an orange background indicates that section is non-electrified narrow gauge.
Distance (km) Station Name Former Name Total S2S Transcribed Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) Transcribed Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) Connections0.00.0 Puksinhyŏn 북신현 (北薪峴) Manp'o Line6.56.5 Rohyŏn 로현 (蘆峴) Distance estimated.14.58.0 Sangsŏ 상서 (上西) Distance estimated.22.07.5 Undaesan 운대산 (雲台山) Distance estimated.28.06.0 P'yŏngbuk Unsan 평북운산 (平北雲山) Distance estimated.36.08.0 Pang'ŏ 방어 (防禦) Distance estimated.45.09.0 Samsan 삼산 (三山) Distance estimated.
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