Kalma 갈마 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 갈마역 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 葛 麻 驛 | |||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Galma-yeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Kalma-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Kalma-dong, Wŏnsan-si, Kangwŏn North Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°08′36″N127°28′01″E / 39.1434°N 127.4670°E Coordinates: 39°08′36″N127°28′01″E / 39.1434°N 127.4670°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (1 island) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 9 through, 3 + 6 stub | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 16 August 1914 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
| Original company | Chosen Government Railway | |||||||||||||||
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Kalma Station (Chosŏn'gŭl : 갈마역) is a railway station in Kalma-dong, an industrial neighbourhood in the eastern part of Wŏnsan city, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway. It is also the start of the Wŏnsanhang Line to Wŏnsan Port. [1]
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, has been used to write the Korean language since its creation in the 15th century by King Sejong the Great. It may also be written as Hangeul following the standard Romanization.
Wŏnsan, previously known as Wŏnsanjin (元山津), Port Lazarev, and Gensan (元山), is a port city and naval base located in Kangwŏn Province, North Korea, along the eastern side of the Korean Peninsula, on Sea of Japan and the provincial capital. The port was opened by occupying Japanese forces in 1880. Before the 1950–1953 Korean War, it fell within the jurisdiction of the then South Hamgyŏng province, and during the war it was the location of the Blockade of Wŏnsan. The population of the city was estimated at 329,207 in 2013. Notable people from Wŏnsan include Kim Ki Nam, diplomat and Secretary of the Korean Workers' Party.
Kangwon Province is a province of North Korea, with its capital at Wŏnsan. Before the division of Korea in 1945, Kangwŏn Province and its South Korean neighbour Gangwon Province formed a single province that excluded Wŏnsan.
Kalma station handles freight traffic destined for and shipped from Wŏnsan city, [2] and serves several large industries, including the 4 June Rolling Stock Works, which is one of the DPRK's largest railway equipment factories. [3]
The 4 June Rolling Stock Works is a manufacturer of railway rolling stock in Wŏnsan, North Korea. It is a subordinate division of the DPRK Ministry of Railways. The plant covers an area of 640,000 m2 (6,900,000 sq ft), of which 180,000 m2 (1,900,000 sq ft), and employs 6,000 workers. It is capable of producing 3,000 new freight cars per year, as well as repairing 200 steam locomotives and 130 busses.
The station, along with the rest of the former Kyŏngwŏn Line, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 16 August 1914. [4]
The Gyeongwon Line is a railway line serving northeastern Gyeonggi Province in South Korea. The line is operated by Korail. The name of the line came from Gyeongseong (Seoul) and Wonsan, the original terminus of the line, in what is now North Korea.
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.
