Kumsaeng Station

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Kŭmsaeng
금생
File:Kŭmsaeng Railway Staion.jpg
Kŭmsaeng station
Korean name
Hangul 금생역
Hanja
Revised Romanization Geumsaeng-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Kŭmsaeng-yŏk
General information
Location Kŭmsaeng-ri,
Hoeryŏng-si, North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 5 January 1920
Electrified yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
toward Rajin
Hambuk Line

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)