Unhung station

Unhŭng station is a railway station in Unhŭng-ŭp, Unhŭng county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

Unhŭng

운흥
Korean name
Hangul
운흥역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationUnheung-yeok
McCune–ReischauerUnhŭng-yŏk
General information
LocationUnhŭng-ŭp,
Unhŭng,
Ryanggang
North Korea
Coordinates41.3056°N 128.4977°E / 41.3056; 128.4977
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1 September 1935
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Poan
towards Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn
 Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Saengjang
towards Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn

Originally called Pongdu-ri station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 봉두리역; Hanja: 鳳頭里駅), the station, along with the rest of the Paegam–Pongdu-ri section, was opened by the Government Railways of Chosen (朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 September 1935.[2] It received its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.

On 9 October 2006 an underground nuclear test was conducted at P'unggye-ri in Kilju County, causing the closure of the line for 3-4 months.[3]

Iron sulphide is the main commodity shipped from Unhŭng.[4]

References
  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. Japanese Government Railways (1937), 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
  3. 核실험 후 4개월간 길주-혜산 봉쇄
  4. The traffic and geography in North Korea: Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line (in Korean)


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