Namsok station

Namsŏk station is a railway station on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway in Kilju, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea.[1]

Namsŏk

남석
Korean name
Hangul
남석역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationNamseok-yeok
McCune–ReischauerNamsŏk-yŏk
General information
LocationKilju,
North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates41.0374°N 129.2643°E / 41.0374; 129.2643
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1 November 1933
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Sŏnghu
towards Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn
 Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Terminus

The station, along with the rest of the Kilju–Hapsu section, was opened by the Government Railways of Chosen(朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 November 1933.[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]

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


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