Chilgol station explained

Ch'ilgol
Native Name:칠골 (칠골驛)
Native Name Lang:ko
Borough:Kallimgil-dong,
Man'gyŏngdae-guyŏk,
P'yŏngyang
Country:North Korea
Platform:3 (1 island)
Tracks:4
Connections:
Tram Line 1
Opened:11 February 1934
Closed:1935
Rebuilt:1 October 1935
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway
Former:Choch'on
Original:Chosen Government Railway
Coordinates:39.0298°N 125.6605°W
Map Type:Pyongyang
Context:north
Hangul:칠골역
Hanja:칠골
Rr:Chilgol-yeok
Mr:Ch'ilgol-yŏk

Ch'ilgol station is a railway station in Kallimgil-dong, Man'gyŏngdae-guyŏk, P'yŏngyang, North Korea, on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

Both passenger and freight trains use the station. There is a spur to the P'yŏngyang Wheat Flour Factory in Samhŭng-dong,[2] and there are freight houses and loading platforms at the south side of the station.

On 11 February 1934, the Chosen Government Railway opened Choch'on station on the P'yŏngnam line.[3] However, a year later it was dismantled and moved 1.2 km south, becoming today's Ch'ilgol station, opening on 1 October 1935.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. 86. 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. Web site: Profiles of the cities of DPR Korea - Pyongyang . Dormels, Rainer . 2014 . Universität Wien . 17 December 2016 .
  3. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa No. 2122, 8 February 1934
  4. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa No. 2614, 27 September 1935