Rosang station explained

Rosang
Native Name:로상
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:로상역
Mr:Rosang-yŏk
Rr:Rosang-yeok
Borough:Kwisŏng-rodongjagu,
Onch'ŏn-gun,
Namp'o-tŭkpyŏlsi
Country:North Korea
Platform:3
Tracks:2
Opened:July 1938
Electrified:no
Owned:Korean State Railway
Original:Chosen P'yŏngan Railway
Coordinates:38.8283°N 125.1985°W

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

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 34.7km (21.6miles)-long line from Namp'o to P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. 86. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. 978-4-10-303731-6. ja.
  2. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Gazette of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa No. 3447, 14 July 1938