Chondong station explained

Ch'ŏndong
Native Name:천동
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:천동역
Mr:Ch'ŏndong-yŏk
Rr:Cheondong-yeok
Address:Ryongjin-dong, Kaech'ŏn-si,
South P'yŏngan Province
Country:North Korea
Coordinates:39.6531°N 125.9081°W
Line:Manp'o Line
Opened:1 December 1918
Original:Mitsui Mining Railway (to 1927)
Kaech'ŏn Light Railway (to 1932)
Chosen Government Railway
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō). Shogun's railway. 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)