The Sech'ŏn Line is an electrified long railway line of the Korean State Railway in North Korea, connecting Sinhakpo on the Hambuk Line with Chungbong.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) p. 93
History The line was opened in 1920 by the privately owned Tomun Railway, at the same time as the rest of the first stage of its mainline, from Hoeryŏng to Sangsambong.朝鮮総督府官報 昭和 第669号, 1929年 3月 28日 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 669, 28 March 1929 (in Japanese) It was subsequently nationalised by the Chosen Government Railway in 1929, and from 1934 to 1940 it was managed by the South Manchuria Railway.南満州鉄道株式会社全路線 Finally, after the partition of Korea it became part of the Korean State Railway.
Services Coal is shipped from mines on this line to the Kim Chaek Iron & Steel Complex at Kimchaek and the Ch'ŏngjin Steel Works in Ch'ŏngjin, and there are commuter trains that operate between Hoeryŏng and Sech'ŏn via Sinhakp'o.The traffic and geography in North Korea: Hambuk Line (in Korean)
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 0.0 0.0 Sinhakp'o 신학포 (新鶴浦) Hambuk Line 8.6 8.6 Sech'ŏn 세천 (細川) 14.4 5.8 Chungbong 중봉 (仲峰)
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