Kangso Station

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Kangsŏ
강서
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 / 38.9172; 125.5214 Coordinates: 38°55′02″N125°31′17″E / 38.9172°N 125.5214°E / 38.9172; 125.5214
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
Services
Preceding station  Korean State Railway  Following station
toward  P'yŏngyang
P'yŏngnam Line
toward  Namp'o
Terminus Taean Line
toward  Taean Hwamul
Terminus Posan Line
Terminus

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]

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History

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]

Chosen Government Railway

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.

Services

Freight

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.

Passenger

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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References

  1. 1 2 Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN   978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ Japanese Government Railways (1937), 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, pp. 486
  3. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Meiji No. 32, 5 October 1910
  4. ↑ "통합 검색 결과 : 금성트랙터종합공장 (in Korean)" . Retrieved 14 December 2016.
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