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Kaesong station

Kaesŏng station is a railway station located in , province, . It is on located on the P'yŏngbu Line, which was formed from part of the Kyŏngŭi Line to accommodate the shift of the capital from to ; though this line physically connects P'yŏngyang to via Dorasan, in operational reality trains terminate here due to the .
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station
  • Also known as: “Gaseongyeok”, “Kaesong”, “Kaesŏng”, “Kaesong Station”, “Kaesong-yok”, and “Kaesŏng-yŏk”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sungyang Seowon and Namdaemun.

Archaeological site
Photo: Photlas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sungyang Hall is a fourteenth-century Confucian academy located on the side of Mt. Janam in , . The hall was constructed in the late fourteenth century for the home of the famously loyal statesman and Confucian scholar Chŏng Mong-ju, whose 1392 assassination by the agents of the later Taejo of Joseon marked the end of the Koryo dynasty. is situated 1½ km east of Kaesong station.

Monument
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
The Kaesong is the south gate of the old walled city of , North Korea. Constructed between 1391 and 1393, it is the only one of the original seven citadel gates to survive mostly intact into the present. is situated 1¼ km east of Kaesong station.

Hotel
Photo: Jack Upland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a tourist hotel located in , , which opened in 1989. Housed in 19 traditional hanok-style courtyard houses, many of which date to the Joseon dynasty and retain their original furnishings. is situated 1¼ km northeast of Kaesong station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaesong.

Photo: Nicor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kaesŏng is a city in , only 8 km from the with . Twelve historic monuments and sites in were inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2013.

Kaesong station

Latitude
37.96901° or 37° 58′ 8″ north
Longitude
126.54266° or 126° 32′ 34″ east
Elevation
47 metres (154 feet)
Open location code
8Q98XG9V+J3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2847434175
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
1876372
Wiki­data ID
Q718005
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Venetian—“Kaesong station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “开城站”
  • Chinese: “開城”
  • Chinese: “開城站”
  • Chinese: “開城驛”
  • French: “Kaesong”
  • Indonesian: “Stasiun Kaesong”
  • Japanese: “開城”
  • Japanese: “開城駅”
  • Korean: “개성”
  • Korean: “개성역”
  • Literary Chinese: “開城車驛”
  • Russian: “Кэсон”
  • Spanish: “Estación de Kaesong”
  • Venetian: “stasion de Kaesong”

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