Tongjongho station
Appearance
Tongjŏngho 동정호 | |||||||||||
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Korean name | |||||||||||
Hangul | 동정호역 | ||||||||||
Hanja | |||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Dongjeongho-yeok | ||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Tongjŏngho-yŏk | ||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | T'ongch'ŏn, Kangwŏn Province North Korea | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°06′14″N 127°41′52″E / 39.1039°N 127.6979°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1 September 1929 | ||||||||||
Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
Previous names | Chadong | ||||||||||
Original company | Chosen Government Railway | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Tongjŏngho station is a railway station in T'ongch'ŏn county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea[1] on the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[2]
History
The station, originally called Chadong station was opened on 1 September 1929 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the first section of the original Tonghae Pukpu Line from Anbyŏn to Hŭpkok.
References
- ^ Road map of Korea, North and South, published December 2010 by Freytag and Berndt, Vienna, Austria, ISBN 978-3-7079-0974-6
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6