Kaechon station
{{Short description|Railway station in North Korea}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Kaech'ŏn
| native_name = 개천
| native_name_lang = ko
| mlanguage = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes
| hangul = 개천역
| hanja = {{linktext|价|川|驛}}
| mr = Kaech'ŏn-nyŏk
| rr = Gaecheon-nyeok
}}
| image =
| image_size =
| image_caption =
| address = Kaech'ŏn-si,
South P'yŏngan Province
| country = North Korea
| coordinates = {{coord|39.7026|125.8869|type:railwaystation_region:KP|display=inline,title}}
| line = Manp'o Line,
Kaech'ŏn Line
| structure =
| platform =
| tracks =
| opened = 13 May 1916
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| former =
| original = Mitsui Mining Railway (to 1927)
Kaech'ŏn Light Railway (to 1932)
Chosen Government Railway
| code =
| electrified = yes
| owned = Korean State Railway
| services =
{{adjacent stations|system=KSR
|line1=Kaechon Line|left1=Unhungri|right1=
|line2=Manpo Line|left2=Wolli|right2=Chondong
|line3=Chunhyok Line|left3=|right3=Sampo
|line4=Choyang Colliery Branch|left4=|right4=Kuup}}
}}
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.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), {{ISBN|978-4-10-303731-6}}
Kaech'ŏn station is an important station in terms of both passenger and freight trains.{{Cite web|url=http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2090774&cid=44454&categoryId=44461|title = 만포선}}
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.朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1741, 26 October 1932 (in Japanese)
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.
References
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{{Choyang Tangwang Line}}
{{Chunhyok Line}}
{{Manpo Line}}
{{Kaechon Line}}
Category:Railway stations in North Korea opened in 1916
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