Kŭmsaeng station is a railway station in Kŭmsaeng-ri, greater Hoeryŏng city, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway.[1][page needed]

Kŭmsaeng

금생
Kŭmsaeng station
Korean name
Hangul
금생역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGeumsaeng-yeok
McCune–ReischauerKŭmsaeng-yŏk
General information
LocationKŭmsaeng-ri,
Hoeryŏng-si, North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates42°28′42″N 129°44′45″E / 42.4782°N 129.7459°E / 42.4782; 129.7459
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened5 January 1920
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Koryŏngjin
towards Rajin
Hambuk Line Hoeryŏng Ch'ŏngnyŏn

History edit

It was opened by the Tomun Railway Company on 5 January 1920, together with the rest of the Hoeryŏng-Sangsambong section of their line (Hoeryŏng-Tonggwanjin), which on 1 April 1929 was nationalised and became the West Tomun Line of the Chosen Government Railway.[2][page needed]

References edit

  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. ^ Japanese Government Railways (1937). 鉄道停車場一覧 昭和12年10月1日現在 [The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company.