Kumgangsan Chongnyon station

Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn station is a railway station in Kosŏng county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea^[1] on the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.^[2]

Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn 금강산청년
Korean name
Hangul	금강산청년역
Hanja	金剛山青年驛
Revised Romanization	Geumgangsan Cheongnyeon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn-yŏk
General information
Location	Kosŏng, Kangwŏn Province North Korea
Coordinates	38.6915°N 128.2162°E / 38.6915; 128.2162
Owned by	Korean State Railway
Line(s)	Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
History
Opened	16 September 1932
Electrified	yes
Previous names	Oegŭmgang
Original company	Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Kosŏng towards Anbyŏn Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Samilp'o towards Jejin (ROK)
Location

History

The station, originally called Oegŭmgang station, was opened on 16 September 1932 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the fifth section of the original Tonghae Pukpu Line from Changjŏn to Oegŭmgang (nowadays called Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn).

Services

Due to the partition of Korea, Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn station is the terminus for domestic passenger trains operating on the line.^[2] In 2007, after the reconstruction of the disused section between Kamho and Chejin in the South, passenger trains began operating from the south to bring southern tourists to the Mount Kŭmgang Tourist Region.^[3] More than one million civilian visitors crossed the DMZ until the route was closed following the shooting death of a 53-year-old South Korean tourist in July 2008.^[4]