Namyang station

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Namyang

남양
Namyang Station from Tumen.JPG
Namyang station
Korean name
Hangul
남양역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationNamyang-yeok
McCune–ReischauerNamyang-yŏk
General information
LocationNamyang-rodongjagu,
Onsŏng, North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates42°57′11″N 129°51′28″E / 42.9530°N 129.8577°E / 42.9530; 129.8577Coordinates: 42°57′11″N 129°51′28″E / 42.9530°N 129.8577°E / 42.9530; 129.8577
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1 December 1932
Electrifiedyes
Original companyChosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
toward Rajin
Hambuk Line
TerminusNamyang Border Line

Namyang station is a railway station in Namyang-rodongjagu, Onsŏng county, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway, and there is a bridge across the Tumen River, giving a connection to the Chinese railway network at Tumen, China via the Namyang Border Line.[1]

There are servicing facilities for freight cars located here.[2]

History[]

It was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 December 1932, together with the rest of the Namyang-P'ungri section of the former East Tomun Line (Tonggwanjin–Unggi).[3]

Services[]

A freight train at Namyang station

Freight[]

Some cross-border freight traffic between the DPRK and China is handled at Namyang station; the primary exports shipped through Namyang to China are magnetite, talc and steel, and the main import is coke.[2]

Passenger[]

A number of passenger trains serve Namyang station, including the semi-express trains 113/114, operating between West P'yŏngyang and via Ch'ŏngjin and Hoeryŏng.[4] There are also long-distance trains Kalma-Ch'ŏngjin-Hoeryŏng-Rajin; Ch'ŏngjin-Hoeryŏng-Rajin; Haeju-Ch'ŏngjin-Hoeryŏng-Unsŏng; and Tanch'ŏn-Ch'ŏngjin-Hoeryŏng-Tumangang. There is also a commuter service operated between Namyang and .[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 93. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. ^ a b c "Hambuk Line". The traffic and geography in North Korea (in Korean).
  3. ^ Japanese Government Railways (1937). "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] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company. pp. 498–501, 504–505. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  4. ^ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 124. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
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