Kangsŏ

강서
Korean name
Hangul
강서역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGangseo-yeok
McCune–ReischauerKangsŏ-yŏk
General information
LocationCh'ŏn-dong, Kangsŏ-guyŏk,
Namp'o-tŭkpyŏlsi
North Korea
Coordinates38°55′02″N 125°31′17″E / 38.9172°N 125.5214°E / 38.9172; 125.5214
Owned byKorean State Railway
Platforms3 (1 island)
Tracks4
History
Opened16 October 1910
Electrifiedyes
Previous namesKiyang station
Chosŏn'gŭl: 기양역
Hanja: 岐陽駅
Original companyChosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Kangsŏn
towards P'yŏngyang
P'yŏngnam Line Ryonggang
towards Namp'o
Terminus Taean Line P'yŏngnam Taean
towards Taean Hwamul
Posan Line Posan
Terminus

Kangsŏ station is a railway station in Kiyang-dong, Kangsŏ-guyŏk, Namp'o Special City, North Korea, on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway. It is the starting point of the Taean Line and of the Posan Line.[1]

History

Originally called Kiyang station,[2] it was opened by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the mainline of the P'yŏngnam Line, on 16 October 1910.[3]

Services

Freight

Amongst other industries, the Kŭmsŏng Tractor Factory is served via a spur from this station.[4]

Passenger

Kangsŏ station is an important and busy station for passenger services. According to the 2002 timetable of passenger trains, the following long-distances trains stopped here:[1]

  • Semi-express trains 146-147/148-149 (SinŭijuP'yŏngyangNamp'o), departing Kangsŏ at 15:12 for Namp'o and at 18:37 for Sinŭiju;
  • Regional trains 226-227/228-229 (Tŏkch'ŏn−P'yŏngyangP'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn), departing Kangsŏ at 23:32 for Onch'ŏn and at 00:22 for Tŏkch'ŏn;
  • Regional trains 225/230 (P'yŏngyang-Pot'onggang station−P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn), departing Kangsŏ at 16:24 for Onch'ŏn and at 08:16 for Pot'onggang;
  • Regional trains 240-241/242-243 (Haeju−P'yŏngyang−Namp'o), departing Kangsŏ at 06:50 for Namp'o and at 09:54 for Haeju;
  • Local trains 733/734 (Kangsŏ−Ryonggang-Mayŏng), departing 08:05 for Mayŏng, with the return trip arriving at 14:40.

References

  1. 1 2 Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. Japanese Government Railways (1937), 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, pp. 486
  3. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Meiji No. 32, 5 October 1910
  4. "통합 검색 결과 : 금성트랙터종합공장 (in Korean)". Retrieved 14 December 2016.
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