Wonsan station

Wŏnsan station (Korean: 원산역) is railway station located in Yangji-dong, Wŏnsan city, Kangwŏn province, North Korea. It is on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.^[1] Locomotive and freight car maintenance facilities are located here.^[2]

Wŏnsan 원산
Korean name
Hangul	원산역
Hanja	元山驛
Revised Romanization	Wonsan-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Wŏnsan-yŏk
General information
Location	Yangji-dong, Wŏnsan-si, Kangwŏn North Korea
Coordinates	39°9′44″N 127°24′45″E
Owned by	Korean State Railway
Platforms	1
Tracks	3
History
Opened	16 August 1914
Electrified	Yes
Original company	Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Segil towards Kowŏn Kangwŏn Line Kalma towards P'yŏnggang

History

The first station in Wŏnsan, along with the rest of the former Kyŏngwŏn Line from Seoul to Wŏnsan, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) on 16 August 1914, although the section between Wŏnsan and Ryongjiwŏn was completed as early as 21 August 1913.^[3] A line from Wŏnsan north to Kowŏn and Kŭmya was built as part of the former Hamgyŏng Line;^[4] the Wŏnsan−Kowŏn section was completed in two parts: Wŏnsan−Okp'yŏng on 1 August 1915, and Okp'yŏng−Kowŏn−Kŭmya on 21 July 1916. The Wŏnsan−Kowŏn section is now part of the Kangwŏn Line, while the Kowŏn−Kŭmya section is now part of the P'yŏngra Line.^[5]

The original station was a western-style brick structure built in central Wŏnsan. Destroyed during the Korean War, it was replaced by a new station in the Yangji-dong neighbourhood on the outskirts of the city; the new station handles only passenger trains, with the freight destined for the city being handled at Kalma station in the industrial Kalma-dong neighbourhood 4.1 km (2.5 mi) southeast of Wŏnsan station.^[2]

The original station was rebuilt in 1975 to house the Wŏnsan Revolutionary Museum, as Kim Il Sung boarded a train here upon his return to Korea after the end of the Second World War. A major attraction of the museum is the steam locomotive Pashini-3 (パシニ3), which has been restored to its original condition, including Sentetsu markings, and a former Sentetsu 3rd class coach.

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. 90 ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. The traffic and geography in North Korea: Kangwŏn Line (in Korean)
3. "경영원칙 > 경영공시 > 영업현황 > 영업거리현황". Korail. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
4. 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 669, 28 March 1929 (in Japanese)
5. Japanese Government Railways, 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, 1937, pp 498–501, 504–505 (in Japanese)