Ryong'am station is a railway station in Ryongdŭng-rodongjagu, Kujang county, North P'yŏngan province, North Korea. It is the terminus of the Ryong'am Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
Ryong'am 룡암 | |||||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 룡암역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | |||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Ryongam-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Ryong'am-yŏk | ||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Ryongdŭng-rodongjagu, Kujang, North P'yŏngan Province North Korea | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Manp'o Line | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 April 1934 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Yongdŭng | ||||||||||
| Original company | Chosen Government Railway | ||||||||||
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History
editThe station, originally called Yongdŭng station, was opened on 1 April 1934 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the Yongdŭng Line (now called Ryong'am Line).
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, p 498