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, of the Choyang Colliery Line to Choyang Colliery and the Chunhyŏk Line to Chunhyŏngri.[1]
Kaech'ŏn 개천 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 개천역 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Manp'o Line, Kaech'ŏn Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 13 May 1916 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Original company | Mitsui Mining Railway (to 1927) Kaech'ŏn Light Railway (to 1932) Chosen Government Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kaech'ŏn station is an important station in terms of both passenger and freight trains.[2]
History edit
The station was opened on 13 May 1916 by the Mitsui Mining Railway, which became the Kaech'ŏn Light Railway in 1927; the Kaech'ŏn Light Railway was subsequently taken over by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 November 1932.[3]
Services edit
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 edit
- ^ a b Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1741, 26 October 1932 (in Japanese)
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