Kusong Station

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Kusŏng
구성
Korean name
Hangul 구성역
Hanja 龜 城 驛
Revised Romanization Guseong-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Kusŏng-yŏk
General information
Location Yŏkchŏn-dong,
Kusŏng-si,
North P'yŏngan
North Korea
Coordinates 39°58′58″N125°15′32″E / 39.9828°N 125.2589°E / 39.9828; 125.2589 Coordinates: 39°58′58″N125°15′32″E / 39.9828°N 125.2589°E / 39.9828; 125.2589
Owned by Korean State Railway
Platforms 2 (1 island)
Tracks 7
History
Opened 27 September 1939
Electrified yes
Original company Pyongbuk Railway
Services
Preceding station  Korean State Railway  Following station
toward  Ch'ŏngsu
P'yŏngbuk Line
Terminus Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line

Kusŏng Station is a railway station of the Korean State Railway in Yŏkchŏn-dong, Kusŏng city, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, on the P'yŏngbuk Line of the Korean State Railway. [1] It is also the western terminus of the Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line.

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History

Kusŏng Station, originally called P'yŏngbuk Kusŏng Station, was opened along with the rest of the line by the Pyongbuk Railway on 27 September 1939. [2]

Services

Kusŏng Station is served by semi-express trains 115/116 between P'yŏngyang and Ch'ŏngsu, long-distance stopping trains 200/201 between West P'yŏngyang and Ch'ŏngsu, and regional trains 795/796 between Kusŏng and Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn. [1] It is also served by commuter trains on the Kusŏng—Paegun (5 pairs) and Chŏngju—Kusŏng (2 pairs) sections of the line. [3]

Pyongyang Station railway station

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Chongsu Station

Ch'ŏngsu Station is a railway station of the Korean State Railway in Ch'ŏngsu Workers' District, Sakchu County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea. It is the northern terminus of the P'yŏngbuk Line of the Korean State Railway. The line continues past the station to a factory at Namsal-li.

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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. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 3813, 3 October 1939
  3. ↑ North Korea Geographic Information: Transportation Geography - P'yŏngbuk Line (in Korean)
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