Kosong station

Railway station in North Korea
Kosŏng

고성
Korean name
Hangul
고성역
Hanja
高城驛
Revised RomanizationGoseong-yeok
McCune–ReischauerKosŏng-yŏk
General information
LocationKosŏng-ŭp,
Kosŏng,
Kangwŏn Province
North Korea
Coordinates
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Nam'ae
towards Anbyŏn
Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn
towards Jejin (ROK)

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

  1. ^ Road map of Korea, North and South, published December 2010 by Freytag and Berndt, Vienna, Austria, ISBN 978-3-7079-0974-6
  2. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6


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