Kusong station explained

Kusŏng
Native Name:구성
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:구성역
Mr:Kusŏng-yŏk
Rr:Guseong-yeok
Borough:Yŏkchŏn-dong,
Kusŏng-si,
North P'yŏngan
Country:North Korea
Platform:2 (1 island)
Tracks:7
Opened:27 September 1939
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway
Original:Pyongbuk Railway
Coordinates:39.9828°N 125.2589°W

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.

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]

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)