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Kwisong station

Coordinates: 38°51′30″N 125°10′50″E / 38.8583°N 125.1806°E / 38.8583; 125.1806
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Kwisŏng

귀성
Korean name
Hangul
귀성역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGwiseong-yeok
McCune–ReischauerKwisŏng-yŏk
General information
LocationWŏn'ŭp-rodongjagu,
Onch'ŏn-gun,
Namp'o-tŭkpyŏlsi
North Korea
Coordinates38°51′30″N 125°10′50″E / 38.8583°N 125.1806°E / 38.8583; 125.1806
Owned byKorean State Railway
Platforms1
Tracks2 + 1 siding
History
OpenedJuly 1938
Electrifiedno
Original companyChosen P'yŏngan Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn
Terminus
P'yŏngnam Line Rosang
towards Namp'o

Kwisŏng station is a railway station in Wŏn'ŭp-rodongjagu, Onch'ŏn county, Namp'o Special City, North Korea, on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

History

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The station was opened by the Chosen P'yŏngan Railway (Japanese: 朝鮮平安鉄道, Chōsen Heian Tetsudō; Korean: 조선평안철도, Chosŏn P'yŏngan Ch'ŏldo) in July 1938 as part of a 34.7 km (21.6 mi)-long line from Namp'o to P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 86. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Gazette of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa No. 3447, 14 July 1938