Ch'ŏndong | |||||||||
Native Name: | 천동 | ||||||||
Native Name Lang: | ko | ||||||||
Mlanguage: |
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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]
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]