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Kusŏng 구성
Korean name
Hangul	구성역
Hanja	龜城驛
Revised Romanization	Guseong-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Kusŏng-yŏk
General information
Location	Yŏkchŏn-dong, Kusŏng-si, North P'yŏngan North Korea
Coordinates	39°58′58″N 125°15′32″E / 39.9828°N 125.2589°E / 39.9828; 125.2589
Owned by	Korean State Railway
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	7
History
Opened	27 September 1939
Electrified	yes
Original company	Pyongbuk Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Paeguntowards Ch'ŏngsu P'yŏngbuk Line Panghyŏntowards Ch'ŏngju Ch'ŏngnyŏn Terminus Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line Ŏmihyŏntowards Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn

Kusŏng station is a railway station of the Korean State Railway in Yŏkchŏn-dong, Kusŏng city, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, on the P'yŏngbuk Line of the Korean State Railway. It is also the western terminus of the Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line.

History

Kusŏng station, originally called P'yŏngbuk Kusŏng station, was opened along with the rest of the line by the Pyongbuk Railway on 27 September 1939.

Services

Kusŏng station is served by semi-express trains 115/116 between P'yŏngyang and Ch'ŏngsu, long-distance stopping trains 200/201 between West P'yŏngyang and Ch'ŏngsu, and regional trains 795/796 between Kusŏng and Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn. It is also served by commuter trains on the Kusŏng—Paegun (5 pairs) and Chŏngju–Kusŏng (2 pairs) sections of the line.

v t e P'yŏngbuk Line
Mainline	Chŏngju Ch'ŏngnyŏn Pongmyŏng Panghyŏn Kusŏng Paegun P'aryŏng Taeryŏnggang Sinon P'ungnyŏn Sŏbu P'anmak Pup'ung Ch'ŏngsu

v t e Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line
Mainline	Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn Muksi Sao Hach'o Nyŏngbyŏn P'arwŏn Sillyong Yŏnjung T'aech'ŏn Ŏmihyŏn Kusŏng

References

1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 3813, 3 October 1939
3. North Korea Geographic Information: Transportation Geography – P'yŏngbuk Line (in Korean)

• Railway stations in North Korea opened in 1939