Kŭmbonggang station is a railway station in P'aech'ŏl-li, T'ongch'ŏn county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea[1] on the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[2]
Kŭmbonggang 금봉강 | |||||||||||
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Korean name | |||||||||||
Hangul | 금봉강역 | ||||||||||
Hanja | |||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Geumbonggang-yeok | ||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Kŭmbonggang-yŏk | ||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | P'aech'ŏl-li T'ongch'ŏn, Kangwŏn Province North Korea | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°01′31″N 127°46′58″E / 39.0253°N 127.7827°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 21 July 1931 | ||||||||||
Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
Previous names | P'aech'ŏn | ||||||||||
Original company | Chosen Government Railway | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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History
editThe station, originally called P'aech'ŏn station was opened on 21 July 1931 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the second section of the original Tonghae Pukpu Line from Hŭpkok (nowadays Myŏnggo) to T'ongch'ŏn (nowadays Tonghae).
References
edit- ^ 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