Koto station explained

Kot'o
Native Name:고토
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:고토역
Mr:Kot'o-yŏk
Rr:Goto-yeok
Borough:Hwangch'o-rodongjagu,
Changjin-gun,
South Hamgyŏng
Country:North Korea
Platform:2 (1 island)
Tracks:4
Opened:1 November 1934
Owned:Korean State Railway
Original:Sinhŭng Railway

Kot'o station is a railway station in Hwangch'o-rodongjagu, Changjin County, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea on the Changjin Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] There is a spur from the station to a factory.

History

The station was opened on 1 November 1934 by the Sinhŭng Railway as part of the second section of its Changjin Line between Samgŏ and Kujin.[2] The Sinhŭng Railway was bought and absorbed by the Chosen Railway on 22 April 1938.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),
  2. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2348, 7 November 1934
  3. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 3385, 3 May 1938