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Namyang Station

Namyang
남양
Korean name
Hangul 남양역
Hanja
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; 129.8577Coordinates: 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
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
toward Rajin
Hambuk Line

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.

There are servicing facilities for freight cars located here.

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).

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.

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. 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.


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