Kumsaeng Station
Kŭmsaeng 금생 | |||||||||||
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 Kŭmsaeng station | |||||||||||
| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 금생역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | 金生驛 | ||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Geumsaeng-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Kŭmsaeng-yŏk | ||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location |
Kŭmsaeng-ri, Hoeryŏng-si, North Hamgyŏng North Korea | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°28′42″N 129°44′45″E / 42.4782°N 129.7459°ECoordinates: 42°28′42″N 129°44′45″E / 42.4782°N 129.7459°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 5 January 1920 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
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Kŭmsaeng Station is a railway station in Kŭmsaeng-ri, greater Hoeryŏng city, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
History
It was opened by the Tomun Railway Company on 5 January 1920, together with the rest of the Hoeryŏng-Sangsambong section of their line (Hoeryŏng-Tonggwanjin), which on 1 April 1929 was nationalised and became the West Tomun Line of the Chosen Government Railway.[2]
References
- ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ↑ Japanese Government Railways, 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, 1937 (Japanese)
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