Kanggye station

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Kanggye

강계
Korean name
Hangul
강계역
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; 126.5814Coordinates: 40°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
Manp'o Line
toward Sunch'ŏn
TerminusKanggye Line
toward 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.[1]

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 (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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