Tonsan station is a railway station in Tonsal-li, greater Tanch'ŏn city, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Kŭmgol Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] It was opened on 4 December 1943 along with the rest of the Tongam–Paekkŭmsan section of the line;[2] the station was originally called Hamnam Unsong station (Chosōn'gŭl:함남운송역; Hanja: 咸南雲松駅), receiving its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.[3]
Tonsan 돈산 | |||||||||||
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Korean name | |||||||||||
Hangul | 돈산역 | ||||||||||
Hanja | 돈산驛 | ||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Donsan-yeok | ||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Tonsan-yŏk | ||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Tonsal-li, Tanch'ŏn, South Hamgyŏng North Korea | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°51′14″N 128°50′36″E / 40.8539°N 128.8433°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 4 December 1943 | ||||||||||
Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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References
edit- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ The traffic and geography in North Korea: Kŭmgol Line (in Korean)
- ^ 朝鮮総督部官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor–General of Korea), Shōwa No. 4854, 9 April 1943 (in Japanese)