Ch'ŏndong

천동
Korean name
Hangul
천동역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationCheondong-yeok
McCune–ReischauerCh'ŏndong-yŏk
General information
LocationRyongjin-dong, Kaech'ŏn-si,
South P'yŏngan Province
North Korea
Coordinates39°39′11″N 125°54′29″E / 39.6531°N 125.9081°E / 39.6531; 125.9081
Owned byKorean State Railway
Line(s)Manp'o Line
History
Opened1 December 1918
Electrifiedyes
Original companyMitsui Mining Railway (to 1927)
Kaech'ŏn Light Railway (to 1932)
Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Kaech'ŏn
towards Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn
 Manp'o Line Ryongwŏlli
towards Sunch'ŏn
Terminus Taegak Line Taegak
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) [Shogun's railway]. 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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