Namgye station

Namgye station is a railway station in Paegam county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

Namgye

남계
Korean name
Hangul
남계역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationNamgye-yeok
McCune–ReischauerNamgye-yŏk
General information
LocationPaegam,
Ryanggang
North Korea
Coordinates41.2200°N 128.8369°E / 41.2200; 128.8369
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1 August 1934
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Paegam Ch'ŏngnyŏn
towards Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn
 Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Hapsu
towards Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn

The station, along with the rest of the Hapsu-Paegam section, was opened by the Government Railways of Chosen(朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 August 1934.[2]

On 9 October 2006 an underground nuclear test was conducted at P'unggye-ri in Kilju County, causing the closure of the line for 3-4 months.[3]

Ore is the primary commodity shipped from this station.[4]

References
  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (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), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo
  3. 核실험 후 4개월간 길주-혜산 봉쇄
  4. The traffic and geography in North Korea: Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line (in Korean)


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