Namgye Station

Namgye 남계
Korean name
Hangul	남계역
Hanja	南渓驛
Revised Romanization	Namgye-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Namgye-yŏk
General information
Location	Paegam, Ryanggang North Korea
Coordinates	41°13′12″N 128°50′13″E / 41.2200°N 128.8369°ECoordinates: 41°13′12″N 128°50′13″E / 41.2200°N 128.8369°E
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	1 August 1934
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Paegam Ch'ŏngnyŏn toward Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Hapsu toward Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn

Namgye Station is a railway station in Paegam county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.^[1]

The station, along with the rest of the Hapsu-Paegam section, was opened by the Government Railways of Chosen(朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 August 1934.^[2]

On 9 October 2006 an underground nuclear test was conducted at P'unggye-ri in Kilju County, causing the closure of the line for 3-4 months.^[3]

Ore is the primary commodity shipped from this station.^[4]

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (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), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo
3. 核실험 후 4개월간 길주-혜산 봉쇄
4. The traffic and geography in North Korea: Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line (in Korean)