Kindŭng

긴등
Korean name
Hangul
긴등역
Hanja
긴登驛
Revised RomanizationGindeung-yeok
McCune–ReischauerKindŭng-yŏk
General information
LocationRyonggung-ri,
Hwangju County,
North Hwanghae Province
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1906
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Hŭkkyo
towards P'yŏngyang
P'yŏngbu Line Hwangju
towards Kaesŏng

Kindŭng station is a railway station in Ryonggung-ri, Hwangju County, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea.[1] It is on located on the P'yŏngbu Line, which was formed from part of the Kyŏngŭi Line to accommodate the shift of the capital from Seoul to P'yŏngyang; though this line physically connects P'yŏngyang to Pusan via Dorasan, in operational reality it ends at Kaesŏng due to the Korean Demilitarized Zone.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6

38°44′29″N 125°46′40″E / 38.7414°N 125.7778°E / 38.7414; 125.7778

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