Kangyang Station

Kangyang
강양

Kangyang station
Korean name
Hangul 강양역
Hanja
Revised Romanization Gangyang-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Kangyang-yŏk
General information
Location Onsŏng, North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates 42°55′08″N 129°51′09″E / 42.9189°N 129.8525°E / 42.9189; 129.8525Coordinates: 42°55′08″N 129°51′09″E / 42.9189°N 129.8525°E / 42.9189; 129.8525
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 1 August 1933
Electrified yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
toward Rajin
Hambuk Line

Kangyang Station is a railway station in Onsŏng County, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

History

It was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 August 1933, together with the rest of the Tonggwanjin-Namyang section of the former East Tomun Line (Tonggwanjin-Unggi).[2]

References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). 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] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company. pp. 498–501, 504–505.
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