Namyang station

Railway station in Namyang-rodongjagu

Namyang

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°57′11″N 129°51′28″E﻿ / ﻿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

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P'ungri

towards Rajin

|  | Hambuk Line |  | Kangyang

towards Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn

Terminus |  | Namyang Border Line |  | Kukkyŏng

towards Tumen (China)

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]

## History[edit]

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[edit]

A freight train at Namyang station

### Freight[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 93\. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
2. ^ a b c "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.

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Hambuk Line

Mainline|

* Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn
* Ch'ŏng'am
* Susŏng
* Sŏngmak
* Changhŭng
* Hyŏngje
* Puryŏng
* Komusan
* Sŏkpong
* Ch'angp'yŏng
* Chŏn'gŏri
* P'ungsan
* Ch'angdu
* Chungdo
* Taedŏk
* Hoeryŏng Ch'ŏngnyŏn
* ~~Sinhoeryŏng~~
* Kŭmsaeng
* Koryŏngjin
* Sinhakp'o
* Hakp'o
* Sinjŏn
* Kanp'yŏng
* Sambong
* ~~Hasambong~~
* Chongsŏng
* ~~Soam~~
* Kangalli
* Sugup'o
* Kangyang
* Namyang
* P'ungri
* ~~Sesŏn~~
* Unsŏng
* P'ung'in
* Hwangp'a
* Hunyung
* Hamyŏn
* Kyŏngwŏn
* Nongp'o
* Ryongdangri
* Sin'gŏn
* Sinasan
* Songhak
* Haksong
* Ch'ŏnghak
* Sahoe
* Hongŭi
* Mulgol
* Kuryongp'yŏng
* Ungsang
* East Sŏnbong
* Sŏnbong
* Kwan'gok
* Rajin

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Namyanggukkyŏng Line

Mainline|

* Namyang
* Kukkyŏng (→ Tumen, China)

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