Pongsan station is a railway station located in Pongsan-ŭp, Pongsan County, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea.[1] It is on located on the P'yŏngbu Line, and it is the starting point of the Pongsan Line.
Pongsan 봉산 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 봉산역 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Bongsan-nyeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Pongsan-nyŏk | |||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pongsan-ŭp, Pongsan-gun North Hwanghae North Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°28′04″N 125°51′42″E / 38.46778°N 125.86167°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 (2 island platforms) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | None | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1906 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Madong | |||||||||||||||
| Original company | Chosen Government Railway | |||||||||||||||
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History
editPongsan station was originally opened by the Chosen Government Railway in 1906 as Madong station; [2] the name was changed after the establishment of the DPRK.
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), Tokyo, Kawaguchi Printing Company, pp. 483–484
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