Kaechon station

Kaech'ŏn 개천
Korean name
Hangul	개천역
Hanja	价川驛
Revised Romanization	Gaecheon-nyeok
McCune–Reischauer	Kaech'ŏn-nyŏk
General information
Location	Kaech'ŏn-si, South P'yŏngan Province North Korea
Coordinates	39.7026°N 125.8869°E / 39.7026; 125.8869
Owned by	Korean State Railway
Line(s)	Manp'o Line, Kaech'ŏn Line
History
Opened	13 May 1916
Electrified	yes
Original company	Mitsui Mining Railway (to 1927) Kaech'ŏn Light Railway (to 1932) Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Unhŭngri towards Sinanju Ch'ŏngnyŏn Kaech'ŏn Line Terminus Wŏlli towards Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn Manp'o Line Ch'ŏndong towards Sunch'ŏn Terminus Chunhyŏk Line Samp'o towards Chunhyŏngri Choyang Colliery Line Kuŭp towards Choyang T'an'gwang

Kaech'ŏn station is a railway station in Kaech'ŏn municipal city, South P'yŏngan province, North Korea, on the Manp'o Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Kaech'ŏn Line to Sinanju, of the Choyang Colliery Line to Choyang Colliery and the Chunhyŏk Line to Chunhyŏngri.

Kaech'ŏn station is an important station in terms of both passenger and freight trains.

History

The station was opened on 13 May 1916 by the Mitsui Mining Railway, which became the Kaech'ŏn Light Railway in 1927; the Kaech'ŏn Light Railway was subsequently taken over by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 November 1932.

Services

Five long-distance passenger services stop at Kaech'ŏn station: express trains between Haeju and Manp'o and between P'yŏngyang and Hŭich'ŏn, semi-express trains between Sinŭiju and Ch'ŏngjin, and a long-distance stopping train between Sinŭiju and Hŭich'ŏn. Further, there are four pairs of daily commuter trains between Sunch'ŏn and Kaech'ŏn.