Sinhung Line

Sinhŭng Line
350px A narrow-gauge passenger train on the Sŏho branch.
Overview
Native name	신흥선(新興線)
Type	Heavy rail, Passenger/Freight rail Regional rail
Status	Operational
Termini	Hamhŭng Pujŏnhoban
Stations	16
Operation
Opened	Stages between 1923–1933
Owner	Korean State Railway
Operator(s)	Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length
No. of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge (Hamhŭng – Sinhŭng) 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) (Sinhŭng – Pujŏnhoban)
Electrification	3000 V DC Overhead line
Route map Legend Py'ŏngra Line 0.0 Hamhŭng P'yŏngra Line 1.1 West Hamhŭng Sŏho Branch 6.6Kadam 1.5 Sŏpo 9.3 Pumin 6.9 Sangsu ↑Hamhŭng/Yŏnggwang↓ 12.3 Changhŭng Sŏngch'ŏngang Changjin Line 17.0 Yŏnggwang 11.0 Unjung 22.2 Chungsang Closed 13.0 Ryongsŏng 14.6 Hadŏk 25.9 P'ungsang 17.6 Sŏho P'yŏngra Line 28.2 Changpung Closed 30.7 Chŏndong Closed 33.5 Ch'ŏnbulsan ↑Yŏnggwang/Sinhŭng↓ 41.0 Sinhŭng ↑1435 mm/762 mm↓ 43.8 Kilbong Closed 47.9 Tonghŭng 54.1 Kyŏnghŭng 55.9 Songha 60.0 Hasonghŭng Closed 61.0 Songhŭng 66.4 Paegamsan Closed ↑Sinhŭng/Pujŏn↓ 68.1 Pujŏllyŏng 74.7 Hamjiwŏn 81.0 Pujŏn 88.9 Toan 91.6 Pujŏnhoban

Sinhung Line
Chosŏn'gŭl	신흥선
Hancha	新興線
Revised Romanization	Sinheungseon
McCune–Reischauer	Sinhŭngsŏn

The Sinhŭng Line is an electrified railway line of the North Korean State Railway running from Hamhŭng on the P'yŏngra Line to Pujŏnhoban. Between Hamhŭng and Sinhŭng the line is standard gauge, but the continuation from Sinhŭng to the terminus at Pujŏnhoban is 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow gauge; the narrow gauge section is also electrified. There is also an electrified narrow-gauge branch, the Sŏho branch, from West Hamhŭng to Sŏho.

Services

A pair of local passenger trains, 880/881, operate on the standard gauge section of this line between Hamhŭng and Sinhŭng; there are also passenger trains on the Sŏho branch.

Route

A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified; a pink background indicates that section is 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow gauge; an orange background indicates that section is non-electrified narrow gauge.

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Hamhŭng	함흥	P'yŏngra Line
1.1	Sŏhamhŭng	서함흥	Sŏho Branch
6.6	Kadam	가담
9.3	Pumin	부민
17.0	Yŏnggwang	령광	Changjin Line
25.9	P'ungsang	풍상
33.5	Ch'ŏnbulsan	천불산
41.0	Sinhŭng	신흥
47.9	Tonghŭng	동흥
54.1	Kyŏnghŭng	경흥
55.9	Songha	송하
61.0	Songhŭng	송흥
68.1	Pujŏllyŏng	부전령
74.7	Hamjiwŏn	함지원
	Pujŏn	부전
88.9	Toan	도안
91.6	Pujŏnhoban	부전호반

Sŏho Branch

Electrified, 762 mm (2 ft 6 in).

Distance	Station Name (Transcribed)	Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl)	Connections
0.0	Sŏhamhŭng	서함흥	Sinhŭng Line
1.5	Sŏpo	서포
6.9	Sangsu	상수
	Sŏngch'ŏngang	성천강
11.0	Unjung	운중
13.0	Ryongsŏng	룡성
14.6	Hadŏk	하덕
17.6	Sŏho	서호