Kaechon Station

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Kaech'ŏn
개천
Korean name
Hangul 개천역
Hanja 价 川 驛
Revised Romanization Gaecheon-nyeok
McCune–Reischauer Kaech'ŏn-nyŏk
General information
Location Kaech'ŏn-si,
South P'yŏngan Province
North Korea
Coordinates 39°42′09″N125°53′13″E / 39.7026°N 125.8869°E / 39.7026; 125.8869 Coordinates: 39°42′09″N125°53′13″E / 39.7026°N 125.8869°E / 39.7026; 125.8869
Owned by Korean State Railway
Line(s) Manp'o Line,
Kaech'ŏn Line
History
Opened 13 May 1916
Electrified yes
Original company Mitsui Mining Railway (to 1927)
Kaech'ŏn Light Railway  (to 1932)
Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station  Korean State Railway  Following station
Kaech'ŏn Line Terminus
Manp'o Line
toward  Sunch'ŏn
Terminus Chunhyŏk Line
toward  Chunhyŏngri
Terminus Choyang Colliery Line

Kaech'ŏn Station is a railway station in Kaech'ŏn municipal city, South P'yŏngan province, North Korea, on the Manp'o Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Kaech'ŏn Line to Sinanju, of the Choyang Colliery Line to Choyang Colliery and the Chunhyŏk Line to Chunhyŏngri. [1]

Kaechon Municipal City in South Pyŏngan, North Korea

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South Pyongan Province Province in Kwanso, North Korea

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Kaech'ŏn Station is an important station in terms of both passenger and freight trains. [2]

History

The station was opened on 13 May 1916 by the Mitsui Mining Railway, which became the Kaech'ŏn Light Railway in 1927; the Kaech'ŏn Light Railway was subsequently taken over by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 November 1932. [3]

The Gaecheon Light Railway was a privately owned railway company in Japanese-occupied Korea.

Chosen Government Railway

The Chosen Government Railway was a state-owned railway company in Korea under Japanese rule. It was a department of the Railway Bureau of the Government-General of Korea, whose functions were the management and operation of railways in Korea, as well as the supervision of privately owned railway companies.

Services

Five long-distance passenger services stop at Kaech'ŏn station: express trains between Haeju and Manp'o and between P'yŏngyang and Hŭich'ŏn, semi-express trains between Sinŭiju and Ch'ŏngjin, and a long-distance stopping train between Sinŭiju and Hŭich'ŏn. [1] Further, there are four pairs of daily commuter trains between Sunch'ŏn and Kaech'ŏn. [2]

Haeju Ch'ŏngnyŏn Station is the central railway station of Haeju City, South Hwanghae Province, North Korea. Haeju Ch'ŏngnyŏn Station is the terminus of Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line and the origin station of Ongjin Line.

Manpo Chongnyon Station

Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn Station is a railway station in Manp'o municipal city, Chagang Province, North Korea, on the Manp'o Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Pukpu Line to Hyesan and of the Unha Line to Unha.

Pyongyang Station railway station

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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 http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2090774&cid=44454&categoryId=44461
  3. ↑ 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1741, 26 October 1932 (in Japanese)


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