Kaepung station

Kaep'ung

개풍
Korean name
Hangul
개풍역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGaepung-yeok
McCune–ReischauerKaep'ung-yŏk
General information
LocationKaep'ung-ŭp,
Kaepung-guyok,
Kaesong
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1906
Electrifiedyes
Previous namesT'osŏng
Original companyChosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Ryŏhyŏn
towards P'yŏngyang
P'yŏngbu Line Kaesŏng
Terminus

Kaep'ung station is a railway station located in Kaep'ung-ŭp, Kaepung-guyok, Kaesong city, North Korea.[1] It is on located on the P'yŏngbu Line, which was formed from part of the Kyŏngŭi Line to accommodate the shift of the capital from Seoul to P'yŏngyang; though this line physically connects P'yŏngyang to Pusan via Dorasan, in operational reality it ends at Kaesŏng due to the Korean Demilitarized Zone.[1]

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