Namyang 남양 | ||||||||||||||||
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Namyang station | ||||||||||||||||
Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
Hangul | 남양역 | |||||||||||||||
Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1 December 1932 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
Original company | Chosen Government Railway | |||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||
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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 via the Namyang Border Line.[1]
It provides servicing facilities for freight cars.[2]
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]
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]
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.[4] 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]
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