Kusŏng station is a railway station of the Korean State Railway in Yŏkchŏn-dong, Kusŏng city, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, on the P'yŏngbuk Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] It is also the western terminus of the Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line.
Kusŏng 구성 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 구성역 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Guseong-yeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Kusŏng-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Yŏkchŏn-dong, Kusŏng-si, North P'yŏngan North Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°58′58″N 125°15′32″E / 39.9828°N 125.2589°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 27 September 1939 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
| Original company | Pyongbuk Railway | |||||||||||||||
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History
editKusŏng station, originally called P'yŏngbuk Kusŏng station, was opened along with the rest of the line by the Pyongbuk Railway on 27 September 1939.[2]
Services
editKusŏng station is served by semi-express trains 115/116 between P'yŏngyang and Ch'ŏngsu, long-distance stopping trains 200/201 between West P'yŏngyang and Ch'ŏngsu, and regional trains 795/796 between Kusŏng and Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn.[1] It is also served by commuter trains on the Kusŏng—Paegun (5 pairs) and Chŏngju–Kusŏng (2 pairs) sections of the line.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 3813, 3 October 1939