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(Redirected from Kanggye Station) Railway station in Kanggye, North Korea
Kanggye
강계
Korean name
Hangul강계역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGanggye-yeok
McCune–ReischauerKanggye-yŏk
General information
LocationKanggye-si,
Chagang Province
North Korea
Coordinates40°58′14″N 126°34′53″E / 40.9705°N 126.5814°E / 40.9705; 126.5814
Owned byKorean State Railway
Line(s)Manp'o Line
Kanggye Line
History
Opened1 December 1937
Electrifiedyes
Original companyChosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Kokhatowards Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn Manp'o Line Kongintowards Sunch'ŏn
Terminus Kanggye Line Nammuntowards Rangrim

Kanggye station is a railway station in Kanggye municipal city, Chagang Province, North Korea, on the Manp'o Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the narrow-gauge Kanggye Line to Rangrim.

History

The station was opened on 1 December 1937 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the seventh section of the Manp'o Line from Chŏnch'ŏn (now called Hwaam) to Kanggye.

References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
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