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Railway station in North Korea
Kaech'ŏn
개천
Korean name
Hangul개천역
Hanja价川驛
Revised RomanizationGaecheon-nyeok
McCune–ReischauerKaech'ŏn-nyŏk
General information
LocationKaech'ŏn-si,
South P'yŏngan Province
North Korea
Coordinates39°42′09″N 125°53′13″E / 39.7026°N 125.8869°E / 39.7026; 125.8869
Owned byKorean State Railway
Line(s)Manp'o Line,
Kaech'ŏn Line
History
Opened13 May 1916
Electrifiedyes
Original companyMitsui Mining Railway (to 1927)
Kaech'ŏn Light Railway (to 1932)
Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Unhŭngritowards Sinanju Ch'ŏngnyŏn Kaech'ŏn Line Terminus
Wŏllitowards Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn Manp'o Line Ch'ŏndongtowards Sunch'ŏn
Terminus Chunhyŏk Line Samp'otowards Chunhyŏngri
Choyang Colliery Line Kuŭptowards Choyang T'an'gwang

Kaech'ŏn station is a railway station in Kaech'ŏn municipal city, South P'yŏngan province, North Korea, on the Manp'o Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Kaech'ŏn Line to Sinanju, of the Choyang Colliery Line to Choyang Colliery and the Chunhyŏk Line to Chunhyŏngri.

Kaech'ŏn station is an important station in terms of both passenger and freight trains.

History

The station was opened on 13 May 1916 by the Mitsui Mining Railway, which became the Kaech'ŏn Light Railway in 1927; the Kaech'ŏn Light Railway was subsequently taken over by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 November 1932.

Services

Five long-distance passenger services stop at Kaech'ŏn station: express trains between Haeju and Manp'o and between P'yŏngyang and Hŭich'ŏn, semi-express trains between Sinŭiju and Ch'ŏngjin, and a long-distance stopping train between Sinŭiju and Hŭich'ŏn. Further, there are four pairs of daily commuter trains between Sunch'ŏn and Kaech'ŏn.

References

  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ^ "만포선".
  3. 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1741, 26 October 1932 (in Japanese)
Choyang T'an'gwang Line
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Chunhyŏk Line
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