Namyang station

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]

Namyang 남양
Namyang station
Korean name
Hangul	남양역
Hanja	南陽驛
Revised Romanization	Namyang-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Namyang-yŏk
General information
Location	Namyang-rodongjagu, Onsŏng, North Hamgyŏng North Korea
Coordinates	42.9530°N 129.8577°E / 42.9530; 129.8577
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	1 December 1932
Electrified	yes
Original company	Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station P'ungri towards Rajin Hambuk Line Kangyang towards Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn Terminus Namyang Border Line Kukkyŏng towards Tumen (China)

It provides servicing facilities for freight cars.^[2]

History

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]

Services

A freight train at Namyang station

Freight

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]

Passenger

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]

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 93. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
2. "Hambuk Line". The traffic and geography in North Korea (in Korean).
3. 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] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company. pp. 498–501, 504–505. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
4. Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 124. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.