Kaechon Station

Kaech'ŏn
개천
Korean name
Hangul 개천역
Hanja 价川驛
Revised Romanization Gaecheon-nyeok
McCune–Reischauer Kaech'ŏn-nyŏk
General information
Location Kaech'ŏn-si,
South P'yŏngan Province
North Korea
Coordinates 39°42′09″N 125°53′13″E / 39.7026°N 125.8869°E / 39.7026; 125.8869Coordinates: 39°42′09″N 125°53′13″E / 39.7026°N 125.8869°E / 39.7026; 125.8869
Owned by Korean State Railway
Line(s) Manp'o Line,
Kaech'ŏn Line
History
Opened 13 May 1916
Electrified yes
Original company Mitsui Mining Railway (to 1927)
Kaech'ŏn Light Railway (to 1932)
Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
Unhŭngri
Kaech'ŏn LineTerminus
Wŏlli
Manp'o Line
toward Sunch'ŏn
TerminusChoyang Colliery Branch
Kuŭp

Kaech'ŏn Station is a railway station in Kaech'ŏn municipal city, South P'yŏngan province, North Korea, on the Manp'o Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Kaech'ŏn Line to Sinanju, and of the Choyang Colliery Branch to Choyang.[1]

Kaech'ŏn station is an important station in terms of both passenger and freight trains.[2]

History

The station was opened on 13 May 1916 by the Mitsui Mining Railway, which became the Kaech'ŏn Light Railway in 1927, whose line from Kaech'ŏn to Ch'ŏndong was taken over by the Chosen Government Railway in 1932.

Services

Five long-distance passenger services stop at Kaech'ŏn station: express trains between Haeju and Manp'o and between P'yŏngyang and Hŭich'ŏn, semi-express trains between Sinŭiju and Ch'ŏngjin, and a long-distance stopping train between Sinŭiju and Hŭich'ŏn.[1] Further, there are four pairs of daily commuter trains between Sunch'ŏn and Kaech'ŏn.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. 1 2 http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2090774&cid=44454&categoryId=44461


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