Chaedŏk station is a railway station in Kilju county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
Chaedŏk 재덕 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 재덕역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | |||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Chaedeok-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Chaedŏk-yŏk | ||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Kilju, North Hamgyŏng North Korea | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 November 1933 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
The station, along with the rest of the Kilju–Hapsu section, was opened by the Government Railways of Chosen (朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 November 1933.[2]
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]
References
edit- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ 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
- ^ "核실험 후 4개월간 길주-혜산 봉쇄" [4 months after the experiment gilju – Hyesan blockade]. Daily Chosun.
  | This article about a railroad station in North Korea is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |