Kosong station

Kosŏng

고성
Kosŏng; 고성
Korean name
Hangul	고성역
Hanja	高城驛
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
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

Kosŏng station is a railway station in Kosŏng-ŭp, Kosŏng county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea^[1] on the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.^[2]

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

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[1] Road map of Korea, North and South, published December 2010 by Freytag and Berndt, Vienna, Austria, ISBN 978-3-7079-0974-6

[Hayato-2] Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6

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