Kalma station (Korean: 갈마역) is a railway station in Kalma-dong, an industrial neighbourhood in the eastern part of Wŏnsan city, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway. It is also the start of the Wŏnsanhang Line to Wŏnsan Port.[1]
Kalma 갈마 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 갈마역 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Galma-yeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Kalma-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Kalma-dong, Wŏnsan-si, Kangwŏn North Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°08′36″N 127°28′01″E / 39.1434°N 127.4670°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (1 island) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 9 through, 3 + 6 stub | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 16 August 1914 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
| Original company | Chosen Government Railway | |||||||||||||||
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Kalma station handles freight traffic destined for and shipped from Wŏnsan city,[2] and serves several large industries, including the 4 June Rolling Stock Works, which is one of the DPRK's largest railway equipment factories.[3]
The station, along with the rest of the former Kyŏngwŏn Line, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 16 August 1914.[4]
References
edit- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p.90 ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ The traffic and geography in North Korea: Kangwŏn Line (in Korean)
- ^ "潮起潮落:【原创】朝鲜铁路机车车辆概况一览分页 第1页". Cchere.com. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ^ "경영원칙 > 경영공시 > 영업현황 > 영업거리현황". Korail. Retrieved 2015-09-17.