Kaepung Station

Kaep'ung 개풍
Korean name
Hangul	개풍역
Hanja	開豐驛
Revised Romanization	Gaepung-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Kaep'ung-yŏk
General information
Location	Kaep'ung-ŭp, Kaep'ung County, North Hwanghae Province North Korea
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	1906
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Ryŏhyŏn toward P'yŏngyang P'yŏngbu Line Kaesŏng toward Dorasan (ROK)

Kaep'ung Station is a railway station located in Kaep'ung-ŭp, Kaep'ung County, North Hwanghae province, North Korea.^[1] It is on located on the P'yŏngbu Line, which was formed from part of the Kyŏngŭi Line to accommodate the shift of the capital from Seoul to P'yŏngyang; though this line physically connects P'yŏngyang to Pusan via Dorasan, in operational reality it ends at Kaesŏng due to the Korean Demilitarized Zone.^[1]

History

The station was opened in 1906 as T'osŏng Station on the Kyŏngŭi Line.

In September 1932, the Hwanghae Line was extended from Yŏn'an to T'osŏng, and in 1944 that line was nationalised and was renamed T'ŏhae Line.^[2] As a result of the division of Korea after the Second World War, part of the T'ŏhae Line ended up in South Korea, and passenger trains operated between Tosŏng and Ch'ŏngdan.^[3] During the Korean War, the bridge spanning the Ryesŏng River was destroyed, severing the connection between T'osŏng and Paech'ŏn, disconnecting the T'ŏhae and P'yŏngbu lines; the bridge was never rebuilt.

After the end of the Korean War, T'osŏng ended up in North Korea. In December 1952, T'osŏng and four other localities were incorporated into Kaep'ung-ŭp, and the station was renamed to its current name.

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 5143, 29 March 1944
3. 百年の鉄道旅行(The railway travel-100 years): The situation of the division of Korea

Coordinates: 37°57′09″N 126°27′27″E / 37.9525°N 126.4575°E