Kumsaeng Station

Kŭmsaeng 금생
KÅ­msaeng station
Korean name
Hangul	금생역
Hanja	金生驛
Revised Romanization	Geumsaeng-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Kŭmsaeng-yŏk
General information
Location	Kŭmsaeng-ri, Hoeryŏng-si, North Hamgyŏng North Korea
Coordinates	42°28′42″N 129°44′45″E / 42.4782°N 129.7459°ECoordinates: 42°28′42″N 129°44′45″E / 42.4782°N 129.7459°E
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	5 January 1920
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Koryŏngjin toward Rajin Hambuk Line Hoeryŏng Ch'ŏngnyŏn toward Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn

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]

History

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]

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. Japanese Government Railways, 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), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, 1937 (Japanese)