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Railway station in North Korea For the station in South Korea, see Bosan Station.
Posan
보산
Korean name
Hangul보산역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBosan-nyeok
McCune–ReischauerPosan-nyŏk
General information
LocationPosan-dong,
Ch'ŏllima-guyŏk,
Namp'o
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
Tracks4
History
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
KangsŏTerminus Posan Line Terminus

Posan station is a freight-only railway station in Posan-dong, Ch'ŏllima-guyŏk, Namp'o Special City, North Korea. It is the terminus of the Posan Line from Kangsŏ on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway.

Services

The primary function of this station is to provide rail service, via several sidings, to the April 13 Ironworks, which produces pig iron; all of the output is shipped to the Ch'ŏllima Steel Complex a short distance away at Kangsŏn on the P'yŏngnam Line, whilst using raw materials received from all over the western part of the country.


References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato (January 2007). 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 86. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. Staff. "4월13일제철소(四月十三日製鐵所) (in Korean)". Retrieved 14 December 2016.
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