Kangso station explained

Kangsŏ
Native Name:강서
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:강서역
Mr:Kangsŏ-yŏk
Rr:Gangseo-yeok
Borough:Ch'ŏn-dong, Kangsŏ-guyŏk,
Namp'o-tŭkpyŏlsi
Country:North Korea
Platform:3 (1 island)
Tracks:4
Opened:16 October 1910
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway
Former:Kiyang station
Chosŏn'gŭl: 기양역
Hanja: 岐陽駅
Original:Chosen Government Railway
Coordinates:38.9172°N 125.5214°W

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]

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]

Services

Freight

Amongst other industries, the Kŭmsŏng Tractor Factory is served via a spur from this station.[4]

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]

Notes and References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),
  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. Web site: 통합 검색 결과 : 금성트랙터종합공장 (in Korean) . . 14 December 2016 .