Ryŏngha station is a railway station in Ryŏngha-rodongjagu, Unhŭng county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
Ryŏngha 령하 | |||||||||||
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Korean name | |||||||||||
Hangul | 령하역 | ||||||||||
Hanja | |||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Ryeongha-yeok | ||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Ryŏngha-yŏk | ||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Ryŏngha-rodongjagu, Unhŭng, Ryanggang North Korea | ||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1 September 1935 | ||||||||||
Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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The station, along with the rest of the Paegam–Pongdu-ri section, was opened by the Government Railways of Chosen (朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 September 1935.[2]
On 9 October 2006, an underground nuclear test was conducted at P'unggye-ri 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