Namyang Station
Namyang 남양 | |||||||||||
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| Hangul | 남양역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | 南陽驛 | ||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Namyang-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Namyang-yŏk | ||||||||||
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| Location |
Namyang-rodongjagu, Onsŏng, North Hamgyŏng North Korea | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°57′11″N 129°51′28″E / 42.9530°N 129.8577°ECoordinates: 42°57′11″N 129°51′28″E / 42.9530°N 129.8577°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 December 1932 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
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Namyang Station is a railway station in Namyang-rodongjagu, Onsŏng county, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway, and there is a bridge across the Tumen River, giving a connection to the Chinese railway network at Tumen, China.[1]
There are servicing facilities for freight cars located here.[2]
History
It was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 December 1932, together with the rest of the Namyang-P'ungri section of the former East Tomun Line (Tonggwanjin-Unggi).[3]
Services
Freight
Some cross-border freight traffic between the DPRK and China is handled at Namyang Station; the primary exports shipped through Namyang to China are magnetite, talc and steel, and the main import is coke.[2]
Passenger
A number of passenger trains serve Namyang station, including the semi-express trains 113/114, operating between West P'yŏngyang and Unsŏng via Ch'ŏngjin and Hoeryŏng.[1] There are also long-distance trains Kalma-Ch'ŏngjin-Hoeryŏng-Rajin; Ch'ŏngjin-Hoeryŏng-Rajin; Haeju-Ch'ŏngjin-Hoeryŏng-Unsŏng; and Tanch'ŏn-Ch'ŏngjin-Hoeryŏng-Tumangang. There is also a commuter service operated between Namyang and Hunyung.[2]
References
- 1 2 Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- 1 2 3 The traffic and geography in North Korea: Hambuk Line (in Korean)
- ↑ 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, pp 498–501, 504–505 (Japanese)
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