Pot'onggang station is a railway station in Pulg'ŭn'gori 1-dong, Pot'onggang-guyŏk, P'yŏngyang, North Korea, on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
Pot'onggang 보통강 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 보통강역 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Botonggang-yeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Pot'onggang-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Pulg'ŭn'gori 1-dong, Pot'onggang-guyŏk, P'yŏngyang North Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (1 island) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 21 March 1944 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
| Original company | Chosen Government Railway | |||||||||||||||
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It is also the starting point of the P'yŏngyanghwajŏn Line to P'yŏngyang's marshalling yard, P'yŏngyang Choch'ajang; from there the line splits, with a branch going to the P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant, and another to P'yŏngch'ŏn station and a number of industries in the area.[2] There are sidings for loading freight from a number of freight houses on the south side of the station.
History edit
The station was opened together with the marshalling yard on 21 March 1944 by the Chosen Government Railway.[3]
Services edit
Local transit transfers can be made from Pot'onggang station to the Pyongyang Metro's Kŏn'guk station on the Hyŏksin Line, and to P'yŏngyang Tram Line 1.
References edit
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ The traffic and geography in North Korea: P'yŏngnam Line(in Korean)
- ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa No. 5137, 22 March 1944.