Kanggye 강계 | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Manp'o Line Kanggye Line | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1 December 1937 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
Original company | Chosen Government Railway | |||||||||||||||
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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]
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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