Choyang T'an'gwang station (Choyang Colliery station) is a railway station in Choyang-dong, Kaech'ŏn municipal city, South P'yŏngan province, North Korea. It is the terminus of the Choyang Colliery Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
Choyang Colliery 조양탄광 | |||||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 조양탄광역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | 朝陽炭鑛驛 | ||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Joyangtangwang-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Choyangt'an'gwang-yŏk | ||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Choyang-dong, Kaech'ŏn-si, South P'yŏngan Province North Korea | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Manp'o Line | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 13 May 1916 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
| Original company | Mitsui Mining Railway (to 1927) Kaech'ŏn Light Railway (to 1932) Chosen Government Railway | ||||||||||
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History
editThe station was opened on 13 May 1916 by the Mitsui Mining Railway, which became the Kaech'ŏn Light Railway in 1927; the Kaech'ŏn Light Railway was subsequently taken over by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 November 1932.[2]
References
edit- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1741, 26 October 1932 (in Japanese)
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