Kangsŏ station is a railway station in Kiyang-dong, Kangsŏ-guyŏk, Namp'o Special City, North Korea, on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway. It is the starting point of the Taean Line and of the Posan Line.[1]
Kangsŏ 강서 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 강서역 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Revised Romanization | Gangseo-yeok | |||||||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Kangsŏ-yŏk | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Ch'ŏn-dong, Kangsŏ-guyŏk, Namp'o-tŭkpyŏlsi North Korea | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°55′02″N 125°31′17″E / 38.9172°N 125.5214°E | |||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (1 island) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 16 October 1910 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Kiyang station Chosŏn'gŭl: 기양역 Hanja: 岐陽駅 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Original company | Chosen Government Railway | |||||||||||||||||||
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History
editOriginally called Kiyang station,[2] it was opened by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the mainline of the P'yŏngnam Line, on 16 October 1910.[3]
Services
editFreight
editAmongst other industries, the Kŭmsŏng Tractor Factory is served via a spur from this station.[4]
Passenger
editKangsŏ station is an important and busy station for passenger services. According to the 2002 timetable of passenger trains, the following long-distances trains stopped here:[1]
- Semi-express trains 146-147/148-149 (Sinŭiju−P'yŏngyang−Namp'o), departing Kangsŏ at 15:12 for Namp'o and at 18:37 for Sinŭiju;
- Regional trains 226-227/228-229 (Tŏkch'ŏn−P'yŏngyang−P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn), departing Kangsŏ at 23:32 for Onch'ŏn and at 00:22 for Tŏkch'ŏn;
- Regional trains 225/230 (P'yŏngyang-Pot'onggang station−P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn), departing Kangsŏ at 16:24 for Onch'ŏn and at 08:16 for Pot'onggang;
- Regional trains 240-241/242-243 (Haeju−P'yŏngyang−Namp'o), departing Kangsŏ at 06:50 for Namp'o and at 09:54 for Haeju;
- Local trains 733/734 (Kangsŏ−Ryonggang-Mayŏng), departing 08:05 for Mayŏng, with the return trip arriving at 14:40.
References
edit- ^ a b Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ Japanese Government Railways (1937), 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在 (The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, pp. 486
- ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Meiji No. 32, 5 October 1910
- ^ "통합 검색 결과 : 금성트랙터종합공장 (in Korean)". Retrieved 14 December 2016.