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(Redirected from Kosong Station) Railway station in North Korea

Kosŏng
고성

Korean name

고성역

Revised Romanization

Goseong-yeok

McCune–Reischauer

Kosŏng-yŏk

General information

Location

Kosŏng-ŭp,
Kosŏng,
Kangwŏn Province
North Korea

Coordinates

38°44′39″N 128°10′37″E / 38.7442°N 128.1770°E / 38.7442; 128.1770

Owned by

Korean State Railway

Line(s)

Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line

History

Opened

1 August 1932

Electrified

yes

Previous names

Changjŏn

Original company

Chosen Government Railway

Services

Preceding station	Korean State Railway			Following station
Nam'aetowards Anbyŏn		Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line		Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏntowards Jejin (ROK)

Kosŏng station is a railway station in Kosŏng-ŭp, Kosŏng county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea on the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.

History

The station, originally called Changjŏn station, was opened on 1 August 1932 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the fourth section of the original Tonghae Pukpu Line from Tup'o to here.

References

Road map of Korea, North and South, published December 2010 by Freytag and Berndt, Vienna, Austria, ISBN 978-3-7079-0974-6
Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6

v t e Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
Mainline	Anbyŏn Ogye Sangŭm Ch'ŏngnyŏn Tongjŏngho Myŏnggo Kŭmbonggang Sijungho T'ongch'ŏn Tonghae Sindae-ri Ryŏmsŏng Tup'o Nam'ae Kosŏng Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Samilp'o Kamho (across MDL to Jejin, ROK)

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