Musan

무산
Korean name
Hangul
무산역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMusan-yeok
McCune–ReischauerMusan-yŏk
General information
LocationMusan-ŭp, Musan,
North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates42°13′25″N 129°12′54″E / 42.2237°N 129.2150°E / 42.2237; 129.2150
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened15 November 1929
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Terminus Musan Line Musan Ch'ŏlsan
towards Komusan
Paengmu Line Namch'on
towards Paegam Ch'ŏngnyŏn

Musan station is a railway station in Musan-ŭp, Musan county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, at the terminus of the Musan Line of the Korean State Railway. The narrow-gauge Paengmu Line from Paegam on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line also terminates here.[1]

There is a marshalling yard located here.[2]

History

It was opened, along with the rest of the Sinch'am–Musan section of the Musan line, on 15 November 1929. On 1 May 1940, an extension to Musan Kangan station was opened, but this was subsequently closed on 1 April 1944.[2]

Services

Freight

Magnetite ore from the Musan Mining Complex destined for the Kim Chaek Steel Complex, the Ch'ŏngjin Steel Works and the Sŏngjin Steel Complex, along with timber transshipped from the Paengmu Line, forms the majority of outbound freight traffic from Musan station.[2]

Passenger

There are two passenger trains known to operate on this line:[1]

  • Express trains 9/10, operating between P'yŏngyang and Musan, runs along the entirety of this line between Komusan and Musan;
  • Two daily pairs of local trains, 662/663 and 668/669, operate between here and Chuch'o.

There are also local trains running between here and Ch'ŏngjin at the southern junction of the Hambuk and P'yŏngra lines. Further, there are several daily commuter trains for workers between Musan and Ch'ŏlsong and for students between Musan and Komusan.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Hambuk Line". The traffic and geography in North Korea (in Korean).
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