Paekkumsan Station

Paekkŭmsan
백금산
Korean name
Hangul 백금산역
Hanja 白金山驛
Revised Romanization Baekgeumsan-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Paekkŭmsan-yŏk
General information
Location Paekkŭmsan-dong,
Tanch'ŏn,
South Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates 40°53′25″N 128°49′15″E / 40.8904°N 128.8209°E / 40.8904; 128.8209Coordinates: 40°53′25″N 128°49′15″E / 40.8904°N 128.8209°E / 40.8904; 128.8209
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 4 December 1943
Electrified yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
toward Muhak
Kŭmgol Line
toward Yŏhaejin

Paekkŭmsan Station is a railway station in Paekkŭmsan-dong, 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 Ryongyang Station (Chosōn'gŭl:룡양역; Hanja: 龍陽駅), receiving its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ The traffic and geography in North Korea: Kŭmgol Line (in Korean)
  3. ↑ 朝鮮総督部官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor–General of Korea), Shōwa No. 4854, 9 April 1943 (in Japanese)


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