Posan station is a freight-only railway station in Posan-dong, Ch'ŏllima-guyŏk, Namp'o Special City, North Korea. It is the terminus of the Posan Line from Kangsŏ on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
Posan 보산 | |||||||||||
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| Hangul | 보산역 | ||||||||||
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| Revised Romanization | Bosan-nyeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Posan-nyŏk | ||||||||||
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| Location | Posan-dong, Ch'ŏllima-guyŏk, Namp'o North Korea | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
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| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
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Services
editThe primary function of this station is to provide rail service, via several sidings, to the April 13 Ironworks, which produces pig iron; all of the output is shipped to the Ch'ŏllima Steel Complex a short distance away at Kangsŏn on the P'yŏngnam Line, whilst using raw materials received from all over the western part of the country.[2]
References
edit- ^ Kokubu, Hayato (January 2007). 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 86. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
- ^ Staff. "4월13일제철소(四月十三日製鐵所) (in Korean)". Retrieved 14 December 2016.
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