Kosong station explained

Kosŏng
Native Name:고성
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:고성역
Mr:Kosŏng-yŏk
Rr:Goseong-yeok
Address:Kosŏng-ŭp,
Kosŏng,
Kangwŏn Province
Country:North Korea
Coordinates:38.7442°N 128.177°W
Line:Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
Opened:1 August 1932
Former:Changjŏn
Original:Chosen Government Railway
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway

Kosŏng station is a railway station in Kosŏng-ŭp, Kosŏng county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea[1] on the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[2]

History

The station, originally called Changjŏn station, was opened on 1 August 1932 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the fourth section of the original Tonghae Pukpu Line from Tup'o to here.

Notes and References

  1. Road map of Korea, North and South, published December 2010 by Freytag and Berndt, Vienna, Austria,
  2. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),