Kosŏng

고성
Korean name
Hangul
고성역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGoseong-yeok
McCune–ReischauerKosŏng-yŏk
General information
LocationKosŏng-ŭp,
Kosŏng,
Kangwŏn Province
North Korea
Coordinates38°44′39″N 128°10′37″E / 38.7442°N 128.1770°E / 38.7442; 128.1770
Owned byKorean State Railway
Line(s)Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
History
Opened1 August 1932
Electrifiedyes
Previous namesChangjŏn
Original companyChosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Nam'ae
towards Anbyŏn
 Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn
towards Jejin (ROK)

Kosŏng station is a railway station in Kosŏng-ŭp, Kosŏng county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea[1] on the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[2]

History

The station, originally called Changjŏn station, was opened on 1 August 1932 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the fourth section of the original Tonghae Pukpu Line from Tup'o to here.

References

  1. ↑ Road map of Korea, North and South, published December 2010 by Freytag and Berndt, Vienna, Austria, ISBN 978-3-7079-0974-6
  2. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6


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