Kangalli station
Kangalli station is a railway station in Kangal-li, Onsŏng County, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] It is also the starting point of the Sŏngp'yŏng branch to Sŏngp'yŏng.
Kangalli 강안리 | ||||||||||||||||
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Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
Hangul | 강안리역 | |||||||||||||||
Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Gangalli-yeok | |||||||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Kangalli-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Kangal-li, Onsŏng, North Hamgyŏng North Korea | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42.8239°N 129.8241°E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1 December 1922 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
Original company | Tomun Railway | |||||||||||||||
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History
Originally called Tonggwanjin station, it was opened by the Tomun Railway Company on 1 December 1922, together with the rest of the Sangsambong–Chongsŏng section of their line, thereby completing the entirety of the Tomun Railway's line from Hoeryŏng to Tonggwanjin. On 1 April 1929 was nationalised and became the West Tomun Line of the Chosen Government Railway.[2]
On 1 August 1933 the Chosen Government Railway completed their East Tomun Line from Unggi to Tonggwanjin, by closing the final gap between Namyang and here; at the same time, the station was renamed Tonggwan station.[3]
The station received its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.
References
- Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 93. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
- "朝鮮総督府官報 昭和 第669号, 1929年 3月 28日". The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea (in Japanese) (Shōwa No. 669). 28 March 1929.
- "朝鮮総督府官報 昭和 第1963号, 1933年 7月 26日". The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea (in Japanese) (Shōwa No. 669). 26 July 1933.