Chajak station is a railway station in Chajak-tong, 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 Kaech'ŏn Colliery Line to Chŏnjin.[1]
Chajak 자작 | ||||||||||||||||
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Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
Hangul | 자작역 | |||||||||||||||
Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Jajag-yeok | |||||||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Chajak-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Chajak-tong, Kaech'ŏn-si, South P'yŏngan Province North Korea | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°48′48″N 125°58′03″E / 39.8134°N 125.9675°E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Manp'o Line Kaech'ŏn Colliery Line | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 15 October 1933 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
Original company | Chosen Government Railway | |||||||||||||||
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History
editThe station was opened on 15 October 1933 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the third section of the Manp'o Line from Kaech'ŏn to Kujang.
References
edit- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6