Tongchon station

T'ongch'ŏn station is a railway station in T'ongch'ŏn-ŭp, T'ongch'ŏn county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea[1] on the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[2]

T'ongch'ŏn

동천
Korean name
Hangul
통천역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationTongcheon-yeok
McCune–ReischauerT'ongch'ŏn-yŏk
General information
LocationT'ongch'ŏn-ŭp,
T'ongch'ŏn,
Kangwon Province
North Korea
Coordinates38.9481°N 127.8897°E / 38.9481; 127.8897
Owned byKorean State Railway
Line(s)Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
History
Opened21 July 1931
Electrifiedyes
Previous namesKojŏ
Original companyChosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Sijungho
towards Anbyŏn
 Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Tonghae
towards Jejin (ROK)

History

The station, originally called Kojŏ station, was opened on 21 July 1931 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the second section of the original Tonghae Pukpu Line from Hŭpkok (nowadays called Myŏnggo) to the original T'ongch'ŏn station (nowadays called Tonghae).

References
  1. Road map of Korea, North and South, published December 2010 by Freytag and Berndt, Vienna, Austria, ISBN 978-3-7079-0974-6
  2. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6


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