Chondong station

Ch'ŏndong

천동
Ch'ŏndong; 천동
Korean name
Hangul	천동역
Hanja	泉洞驛
Revised Romanization	Cheondong-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'ŏndong-yŏk
General information
Location	Ryongjin-dong, Kaech'ŏn-si,; South P'yŏngan Province; North Korea
Coordinates	39.6531°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
Services

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]

History

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

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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[Hayato-1] Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) [Shogun's railway]. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.

[2] 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1741, 26 October 1932 (in Japanese)