Kanggye station

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Kanggye

강계
Korean name
Hangul
강계역
Hanja
Revised Romanization Ganggye-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Kanggye-yŏk
General information
Location Kanggye-si,
Chagang Province
North Korea
Coordinates 40°58′14″N126°34′53″E / 40.9705°N 126.5814°E / 40.9705; 126.5814
Owned by Korean State Railway
Line(s) Manp'o Line
Kanggye Line
History
Opened1 December 1937
Electrifiedyes
Original company Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station DPRKRailway -vector.svg Korean State Railway Following station
Kokha Manp'o Line Kongin
towards Sunch'ŏn
Terminus Kanggye Line Nammun
towards Rangrim

Kanggye station is a railway station in Kanggye municipal city, Chagang Province, North Korea, on the Manp'o Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the narrow-gauge Kanggye Line to Rangrim. [1]

History

The station was opened on 1 December 1937 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the seventh section of the Manp'o Line from Chŏnch'ŏn (now called Hwaam) to Kanggye.

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References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN   978-4-10-303731-6