Kalma station
Kalma station (Korean: 갈마역) is a railway station in Kalma-dong, an industrial neighbourhood in the eastern part of Wŏnsan city, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway. It is also the start of the Wŏnsanhang Line to Wŏnsan Port.
Kalma 갈마 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 갈마역 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Galma-yeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Kalma-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Kalma-dong, Wŏnsan-si, Kangwŏn North Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39.1434°N 127.4670°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (1 island) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 9 through, 3 + 6 stub | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 16 August 1914 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
| Original company | Chosen Government Railway | |||||||||||||||
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Kalma station handles freight traffic destined for and shipped from Wŏnsan city, and serves several large industries, including the 4 June Rolling Stock Works, which is one of the DPRK's largest railway equipment factories.
The station, along with the rest of the former Kyŏngwŏn Line, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 16 August 1914.
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