Ch'ŏndong station is a railway station in Ryongjin-dong, 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 Taegak Branch to Taegak.[1][page needed]
Ch'ŏndong 천동 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 천동역 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Cheondong-yeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'ŏndong-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Ryongjin-dong, Kaech'ŏn-si, South P'yŏngan Province North Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°39′11″N 125°54′29″E / 39.6531°N 125.9081°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Manp'o Line | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1 December 1918 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
| Original company | Mitsui Mining Railway (to 1927) Kaech'ŏn Light Railway (to 1932) Chosen Government Railway | |||||||||||||||
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History edit
The station was opened on 1 December 1918 by the Mitsui Mining Railway, which became the Kaech'ŏn Light Railway in 1927, whose line from Kaech'ŏn to Ch'ŏndong was taken over by the Chosen Government Railway in 1932.[2]
References edit
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) [Shogun's railway]. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
- ^ 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1741, 26 October 1932 (in Japanese)
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