Kwisŏng station is a railway station in Wŏn'ŭp-rodongjagu, Onch'ŏn county, Namp'o Special City, North Korea, on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

Kwisŏng

귀성
Korean name
Hangul
귀성역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGwiseong-yeok
McCune–ReischauerKwisŏng-yŏk
General information
LocationWŏn'ŭp-rodongjagu,
Onch'ŏn-gun,
Namp'o-tŭkpyŏlsi
North Korea
Coordinates38°51′30″N 125°10′50″E / 38.8583°N 125.1806°E / 38.8583; 125.1806
Owned byKorean State Railway
Platforms1
Tracks2 + 1 siding
History
OpenedJuly 1938
Electrifiedno
Original companyChosen P'yŏngan Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn
Terminus
P'yŏngnam Line Rosang
towards Namp'o

History edit

The station was opened by the Chosen P'yŏngan Railway (Japanese: 朝鮮平安鉄道, Chōsen Heian Tetsudō; Korean: 조선평안철도, Chosŏn P'yŏngan Ch'ŏldo) in July 1938 as part of a 34.7 km (21.6 mi)-long line from Namp'o to P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 86. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Gazette of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa No. 3447, 14 July 1938