Kaechon Station

Kaech'ŏn 개천
Korean name
Hangul	개천역
Hanja
Revised Romanization	Gaecheon-nyeok
McCune–Reischauer	Kaech'ŏn-nyŏk
General information
Location	Kaech'ŏn-si, South P'yŏngan Province North Korea
Coordinates	39°42′09″N 125°53′13″E / 39.7026°N 125.8869°E / 39.7026; 125.8869Coordinates: 39°42′09″N 125°53′13″E / 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 toward Sinanju Ch'ŏngnyŏn Kaech'ŏn Line Terminus Wŏlli toward Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn Manp'o Line Ch'ŏndong toward Sunch'ŏn Terminus Choyang Colliery Branch Kuŭp toward 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, and of the Choyang Colliery Branch to Choyang.

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

The station was opened on 13 May 1916 by the Mitsui Mining Railway, which became the Kaech'ŏn Light Railway in 1927, whose line from Kaech'ŏn to Ch'ŏndong was taken over by the Chosen Government Railway in 1932.

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.

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