Kwisong Station

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Kwisŏng
귀성
Korean name
Hangul 귀성역
Hanja 貴 城 驛
Revised Romanization Gwiseong-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Kwisŏng-yŏk
General information
Location Wŏn'ŭp-rodongjagu,
Onch'ŏn-gun,
Namp'o-tŭkpyŏlsi
North Korea
Coordinates 38°51′30″N125°10′50″E / 38.8583°N 125.1806°E / 38.8583; 125.1806 Coordinates: 38°51′30″N125°10′50″E / 38.8583°N 125.1806°E / 38.8583; 125.1806
Owned by Korean State Railway
Platforms 1
Tracks 2 + 1 siding
History
Opened July 1938
Electrified no
Original company Chosen P'yŏngan Railway
Services
Preceding station  Korean State Railway  Following station
Terminus
 P'yŏngnam Line
toward  Namp'o

Kwisŏng Station is a railway station in Wŏn'ŭp-rodongjagu, Onch'ŏn county, Namp'o Special City, North Korea, on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway. [1]

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History

The station was opened by the Chosen P'yŏngan Railway (Japanese : 朝鮮平安鉄道, Chōsen Heian Tetsudō; Korean : 조선평안철도, Chosŏn P'yŏngan Ch'ŏldo) in July 1938 as part of a 34.7 km (21.6 mi)-long line from Namp'o to P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn. [2]

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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. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Gazette of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa No. 3447, 14 July 1938


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