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(Redirected from Musan Kwangsan Station) Railway station in North Korea
Musan Kwangsan
무산광산
Korean name
Hangul무산광산역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMusan Gwangsan-yeok
McCune–ReischauerMusan Kwangsan-yŏk
General information
LocationMusan-gun, North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1971
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Ch'ŏlsong Ch'ŏngnyŏnTerminus Musan Mining Line Terminus

Musan Kwangsan station is a railway station in Musan County, North Hamgyŏng Province, North Korea. It is the terminus of the freight-only Musan Mining Line of the Korean State Railway's Musan Line.

History

The station, together with the line, was opened in 1971 by the Korean State Railway.

Services

Magnetite from the Musan Mining Complex destined for the Kim Chaek Steel Complex, the Ch'ŏngjin Steel Works, the Sŏngjin Steel Complex and for Namyang station for export to China, is loaded onto trains at this station.

References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato (January 2007). 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 93. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. Choe, Un-sik, 한국의 전통 사회 운송 기구, ISBN 978-89-7300-728-8, pp. 115
  3. The traffic and geography in North Korea: Hambuk Line (in Korean)
Musan Kwangsan Line
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