Choyang Colliery | |||||||||
Native Name: | 조양탄광 | ||||||||
Native Name Lang: | ko | ||||||||
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Address: | Choyang-dong, Kaech'ŏn-si, South P'yŏngan Province | ||||||||
Country: | North Korea | ||||||||
Line: | Manp'o Line | ||||||||
Opened: | 13 May 1916 | ||||||||
Original: | Mitsui Mining Railway (to 1927) Kaech'ŏn Light Railway (to 1932) Chosen Government Railway | ||||||||
Electrified: | yes | ||||||||
Owned: | Korean State Railway |
Choyang T'an'gwang station (Choyang Colliery station) is a railway station in Choyang-dong, Kaech'ŏn municipal city, South P'yŏngan province, North Korea. It is the terminus of the Choyang Colliery Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
The station was opened on 13 May 1916 by the Mitsui Mining Railway, which became the Kaech'ŏn Light Railway in 1927; the Kaech'ŏn Light Railway was subsequently taken over by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 November 1932.[2]