Chontan station explained

Ch'ŏnt'an
Native Name:전탄
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:전탄역
Mr:Ch'ŏnt'an-yŏk
Rr:Cheontan-yeok
Borough:Ch'ŏnt'al-li,
Kowŏn,
South Hamgyŏng
Country:North Korea
Opened:21 July 1916
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway
Coordinates:39.3837°N 127.246°W

Ch'ŏnt'an station is a railway station in Ch'ŏnt'al-li, Kowŏn County, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] The station, along with the rest of the Okp'yŏng–Kowŏn–Kŭmya section of the former Hamgyong Line, was opened by the Japanese on 21 July 1916.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),
  2. Japanese Government Railways, 鉄道停車場一覧 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, 1937, pp 498–501, 504–505 (in Japanese)