Kaechon station

Kaech'ŏn

개천
Korean name
Hangul
개천역
Hanja
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
Unhŭngri Kaech'ŏn Line Terminus
Wŏlli Manp'o Line Ch'ŏndong
towards Sunch'ŏn
Terminus Chunhyŏk Line Samp'o
towards Chunhyŏngri
Choyang Colliery Line Kuŭp

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.[1]

Kaech'ŏn station is an important station in terms of both passenger and freight trains.[2]

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