Namgye Station

Namgye
남계
Korean name
Hangul 남계역
Hanja
Revised Romanization Namgye-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Namgye-yŏk
General information
Location Paegam,
Ryanggang
North Korea
Coordinates 41°13′12″N 128°50′13″E / 41.2200°N 128.8369°E / 41.2200; 128.8369Coordinates: 41°13′12″N 128°50′13″E / 41.2200°N 128.8369°E / 41.2200; 128.8369
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 1 August 1934
Electrified yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line

Namgye Station is a railway station in Paegam county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

The station, along with the rest of the Hapsu-Paegam section, was opened by the Government Railways of Chosen(朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 August 1934.[2]

On 9 October 2006 an underground nuclear test was conducted at P'unggye-ri in Kilju County, causing the closure of the line for 3-4 months.[3]

Ore is the primary commodity shipped from this station.[4]

References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. 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), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo
  3. 核실험 후 4개월간 길주-혜산 봉쇄
  4. The traffic and geography in North Korea: Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line (in Korean)


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