Namyang Station

Namyang
남양
Korean name
Hangul 남양역
Hanja 南陽驛
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 / 42.9530; 129.8577Coordinates: 42°57′11″N 129°51′28″E / 42.9530°N 129.8577°E / 42.9530; 129.8577
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 1 December 1932
Electrified yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
toward Rajin
Hambuk Line

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.[1]

There are servicing facilities for freight cars located here.[2]

History

It 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

Freight

Some 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

A 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.[1] 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

  1. 1 2 Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. 1 2 3 "Hambuk Line". The traffic and geography in North Korea (in Korean).
  3. ↑ 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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