Kangsŏ 강서 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Korean name | |||||||||||||||||||||
Hangul | 강서역 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hanja | 江 西 驛 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Gangseo-yeok | ||||||||||||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Kangsŏ-yŏk | ||||||||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Ch'ŏn-dong, Kangsŏ-guyŏk, Namp'o-tŭkpyŏlsi North Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°55′02″N125°31′17″E / 38.9172°N 125.5214°E Coordinates: 38°55′02″N125°31′17″E / 38.9172°N 125.5214°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 3 (1 island) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 16 October 1910 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Kiyang Station Chosŏn'gŭl: 기양역 Hanja: 岐陽駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Original company | Chosen Government Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kangsŏ Station is a railway station in Kiyang-dong, Kangsŏ-guyŏk, Namp'o Special City, North Korea, on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway. It is the starting point of the Taean Line and of the Posan Line. [1]
Kangsŏ is a district in Namp'o Special City, South P'yŏngan province, North Korea. The population is 100,000.
Nampo, also spelled Namp'o, is a city and seaport in South Pyongan Province, North Korea, which lies on the northern shore of the Taedong River, 15 km east of the river's mouth. Formerly known as Chinnamp'o, it was a provincial-level "Directly Governed City" ("Chikhalsi") from 1980 to 2004, and was designated a "Special City", in 2010, and made a part of South P'yŏngan. Namp'o is approximately 50 km southwest of P'yŏngyang, at the mouth of the Taedong River.
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.
Originally called Kiyang Station, [2] it was opened by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the mainline of the P'yŏngnam Line, on 16 October 1910. [3]
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.
Amongst other industries, the Kŭmsŏng Tractor Factory is served via a spur from this station. [4]
The Kŭmsŏng Tractor Factory, located in Kiyang-dong, Kangsŏ-guyŏk, Namp'o, is North Korea's largest manufacturer of tractors, bulldozers, and other agricultural equipment. Employing around 10,000 workers, the factory has a floor area of 142,000 m2 (1,530,000 sq ft) on a total area of 400,000 m2 (4,300,000 sq ft). Peak production capacity is 10,000 tractors per year. The factory's current products include the Ch'ŏllima 28 28 hp (21 kW), Ch'ŏllima 32 32 hp (24 kW), Ch'ŏllima 40 40 hp (30 kW), P'ungnyŏn 75 75 hp (56 kW), Sonyŏn 45 hp (34 kW) and Ch'ŏllima 2000 tractors, and the P'ungnyŏn bulldozer. As of 2017, the factory was producing the new 80-hp Ch'ŏllima 804 tractor model. Claims have been made this factory also produces TEL mobile missile platforms.
Kangsŏ Station is an important and busy station for passenger services. According to the 2002 timetable of passenger trains, the following long-distances trains stopped here: [1]
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