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]
Namyang 남양 | ||||||||||||||||
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 Namyang station | ||||||||||||||||
| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 남양역 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Namyang-yeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Namyang-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Namyang-rodongjagu, Onsŏng, North Hamgyŏng North Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°57′11″N 129°51′28″E / 42.9530°N 129.8577°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1 December 1932 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
| Original company | Chosen Government Railway | |||||||||||||||
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It provides servicing facilities for freight cars.[2]
History
editIt 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
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Freight
editSome 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
editA number of passenger trains serve Namyang station, including the semi-express trains 113/114, operating between West P'yŏngyang and Unsŏng 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 Hunyung.[2]
References
edit- ^ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 93. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
- ^ a b c "Hambuk Line". The traffic and geography in North Korea (in Korean).
- ^ 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.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 124. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.