Osich'ŏn station is a railway station in Taeosich'ŏl-lodongjagu, Unhŭng county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, at the end of the Osich'ŏn Line from Taeoch'ŏn on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
Osich'ŏn 오시천 | |||||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 오시천역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | |||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Osicheon-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Osich'ŏn-yŏk | ||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Taeosich'ŏl-lodongjagu, Unhŭng-gun, Ryanggang North Korea | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 November 1937 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | no | ||||||||||
| Original company | Chosen Government Railway | ||||||||||
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History
editThe station, along with the rest of the Osich'ŏn Line, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 November 1937.[2]
On 9 October 2006 an underground nuclear test was conducted at P'unggyeri 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
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