Potonggang station explained

Pot'onggang
Native Name:보통강
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:보통강역
Mr:Pot'onggang-yŏk
Rr:Botonggang-yeok
Borough:Pulg'ŭn'gori 1-dong,
Pot'onggang-guyŏk,
P'yŏngyang
Country:North Korea
Platform:3 (1 island)
Tracks:4
Opened:21 March 1944
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway
Original:Chosen Government Railway

Pot'onggang station is a railway station in Pulg'ŭn'gori 1-dong, Pot'onggang-guyŏk, P'yŏngyang, North Korea, on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

It is also the starting point of the P'yŏngyanghwajŏn Line to P'yŏngyang's marshalling yard, P'yŏngyang Choch'ajang; from there the line splits, with a branch going to the P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant, and another to P'yŏngch'ŏn station and a number of industries in the area.[2] There are sidings for loading freight from a number of freight houses on the south side of the station.

History

The station was opened together with the marshalling yard on 21 March 1944 by the Chosen Government Railway.[3]

Services

Local transit transfers can be made from Pot'onggang station to the Pyongyang Metro's Kŏn'guk station on the Hyŏksin Line, and to P'yŏngyang Tram Line 1.

References

39.0311°N 125.7097°W

Notes and References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),
  2. The traffic and geography in North Korea: P'yŏngnam Line(in Korean)
  3. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa No. 5137, 22 March 1944.