Kangson Station

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Kangsŏn
강선
Korean name
Hangul 강선역
Hanja 降 仙 驛
Revised Romanization Gangseon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Kangsŏn-yŏk
General information
Location Kangch'ŏl-dong,
Ch'ŏllima-guyŏk,
Namp'o-tŭkpyŏlsi
North Korea
Coordinates 38°55′46″N125°34′40″E / 38.9295°N 125.5778°E / 38.9295; 125.5778 Coordinates: 38°55′46″N125°34′40″E / 38.9295°N 125.5778°E / 38.9295; 125.5778
Owned by Korean State Railway
Platforms 3 (1 island)
Tracks 8
History
Opened 1 July 1923
Electrified yes
Original company Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station  Korean State Railway  Following station
toward  P'yŏngyang
P'yŏngnam Line
toward  Namp'o
Terminus
 Chamjilli Line Terminus

Kangsŏn Station is a major railway station used by passenger and freight trains in Kangch'ŏl-dong, Ch'ŏllima-guyŏk, Namp'o Special City, North Korea, on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway. It is also the starting point of the freight-only Chamjilli Line. [1]

Chollima-guyok County in South Pyŏngan, North Korea

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History

The station was opened on 1 July 1923 by the Chosen Government Railway. The Ch'ŏllima Steel Complex just to the south of the station, one of the DPRK's largest steel mills, is served by this station via an extensive network of trackage on the factory grounds. [2]

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.

The Ch'ŏllima Steel Complex in Kangch'ŏl-dong, Ch'ŏllima-guyŏk, Namp'o is one of North Korea's largest steel mills with an annual production capacity in the millions of tons. Originally opened during the Japanese colonial era as the Kangsŏn Steel Works, it was nationalised after the partition of Korea and has since been expanded several times.

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References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 86. ISBN   978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. ↑ "북한지역정보겟: 천리마제강연합기업소(千里馬製鋼聯合企業所) North Korean Human Geography: Ch'ŏllima Steel Complex (in Korean)" . Retrieved 14 December 2016.


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