Chongsu station explained

Ch'ŏngsu
Native Name:청수
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:청수역
Mr:Ch'ŏngsu-yŏk
Rr:Cheongsu-yeok
Borough:Ch'ŏngsu-rodongjagu,
Sakchu-gun,
North P'yŏngan
Country:North Korea
Platform:2 (1 island)
Tracks:5
Opened:27 September 1939
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway
Original:Pyongbuk Railway
Coordinates:40.4593°N 124.891°W

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.[1] The line continues past the station to a factory at Namsal-li.

History

Ch'ŏngsu station, along with the rest of the line, was opened by the Pyongbuk Railway on 27 September 1939.[2]

Services

Ch'ŏngsu station is served by semi-express trains 115/116 to and from P'yŏngyang, long-distance stopping trains 200/201 to and from West P'yŏngyang,[1] as well as six pairs of commuter trains along the Ch'ongsu–Sup'ung–P'ungnyŏn route.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),
  2. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 3813, 3 October 1939
  3. http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2090762&cid=44454&categoryId=44461 North Korea Geographic Information: Transportation Geography - P'yŏngbuk Line (in Korean)