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Kusong station

Coordinates: 39°58′58″N 125°15′32″E / 39.9828°N 125.2589°E / 39.9828; 125.2589
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Kusŏng

구성
General information
LocationYŏkchŏn-dong,
Kusŏng-si,
North P'yŏngan
North Korea
Coordinates39°58′58″N 125°15′32″E / 39.9828°N 125.2589°E / 39.9828; 125.2589
Owned byKorean State Railway
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks7
History
Opened27 September 1939
Electrifiedyes
Original companyPyongbuk Railway
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
Template:KSR lines
TerminusTemplate:KSR lines

Kusŏng Station is a railway station of the Korean State Railway in Yŏkchŏn-dong, Kusŏng city, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, on the P'yŏngbuk Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] It is also the western terminus of the Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line.

History

Kusŏng Station, originally called P'yŏngbuk Kusŏng Station, was opened along with the rest of the line by the Pyongbuk Railway on 27 September 1939.[2]

Services

Kusŏng Station is served by semi-express trains 115/116 between P'yŏngyang and Ch'ŏngsu, long-distance stopping trains 200/201 between West P'yŏngyang and Ch'ŏngsu, and regional trains 795/796 between Kusŏng and Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn.[1] It is also served by commuter trains on the Kusŏng—Paegun (5 pairs) and Chŏngju—Kusŏng (2 pairs) sections of the line.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 3813, 3 October 1939
  3. ^ North Korea Geographic Information: Transportation Geography - P'yŏngbuk Line (in Korean)