Ryongdam station is a railway station in Ryongdam-rodongjagu, Ch'ŏnnae county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway. It is also the starting point of the Ch'ŏnnae Line to Ch'ŏnnae.[1]
Ryongdam 룡담 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 룡담역 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Ryongdam-yeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Ryongdam-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Ryongdam-rodongjagu, Ch'ŏnnae, Kangwŏn North Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°20′56″N 127°14′09″E / 39.3490°N 127.2358°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 21 July 1916 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Munch'ŏn 문천 (文川) | |||||||||||||||
| Original company | Chosen Government Railway | |||||||||||||||
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History edit
The station, originally called Munch'ŏn station (not to be confused with the current station of the same name, which was originally called Munp'yŏng station), along with the rest of the Okp'yŏng−Kowŏn−Kŭmya section of the former Hamgyeong Line, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 21 July 1916.[2]
References edit
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ Japanese Government Railways, 鉄道停車場一覧 昭和12年10月1日現在 (The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, 1937, pp 498–501, 504–505 (in Japanese)