Chondong Station

Ch'ŏndong
천동
Korean name
Hangul 천동역
Hanja 泉洞驛
Revised Romanization Cheondong-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Ch'ŏndong-yŏk
General information
Location Ryongjin-dong, Kaech'ŏn-si,
South P'yŏngan Province
North Korea
Coordinates 39°39′11″N 125°54′29″E / 39.6531°N 125.9081°E / 39.6531; 125.9081Coordinates: 39°39′11″N 125°54′29″E / 39.6531°N 125.9081°E / 39.6531; 125.9081
Owned by Korean State Railway
Line(s) Manp'o Line
History
Opened 1 December 1918
Electrified yes
Original company Mitsui Mining Railway (to 1927)
Kaech'ŏn Light Railway (to 1932)
Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
Manp'o Line
Ryongwŏlli
toward Sunch'ŏn
TerminusTaegak Line
Terminus

Ch'ŏndong Station is a railway station in Ryongjin-dong, Kaech'ŏn municipal city, South P'yŏngan province, North Korea on the Manp'o Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Taegak Branch to Taegak.[1]

History

The station was opened on 1 December 1918 by the Mitsui Mining Railway, which became the Kaech'ŏn Light Railway in 1927, whose line from Kaech'ŏn to Ch'ŏndong was taken over by the Chosen Government Railway in 1932.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1741, 26 October 1932 (in Japanese)


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