Kalchon Station

Kalch'ŏn
Kalch'ŏn; 갈천
Korean name
Hangul	갈천역
Hanja	葛川驛
Revised Romanization	Galcheon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Kalch'ŏn-yŏk
General information
Location	Kalch'ŏl-li,; Hanggu-guyŏk,; Namp'o-tŭkpyŏlsi ; North Korea
Coordinates	38°47′45″N125°25′14″E / 38.7958°N 125.4206°E Coordinates: 38°47′45″N125°25′14″E / 38.7958°N 125.4206°E
Owned by	Korean State Railway
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
History
Opened	1 May 1924
Electrified	yes
Original company	Chosen Government Railway
Services

Last updated April 13, 2019

Kalch'ŏn Station is a railway station in Kalch'ŏl-li, Hanggu-guyŏk, Namp'o Special City, North Korea, on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway.^[1]

Hanggu-guyŏk is a kuyŏk (District) in Namp'o Special City, South P'yŏngan province, North Korea.

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North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, with Pyongyang the capital and the largest city in the country. The name Korea is derived from Goguryeo which was one of the great powers in East Asia during its time, ruling most of the Korean Peninsula, Manchuria, parts of the Russian Far East and Inner Mongolia, under Gwanggaeto the Great. To the north and northwest, the country is bordered by China and by Russia along the Amnok and Tumen rivers; it is bordered to the south by South Korea, with the heavily fortified Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two. Nevertheless, North Korea, like its southern counterpart, claims to be the legitimate government of the entire peninsula and adjacent islands.

The station was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 May 1924.

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.

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References

↑ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 86. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.

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[Hayato-1] Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 86. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.