Ryonggang station explained

Ryonggang
Native Name:룡강
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:룡강역
Mr:Ryonggang-yŏk
Rr:Ryonggang-yeok
Borough:Ryonggang-ŭp,
Ryonggang,
South P'yŏngan
Country:North Korea
Platform:3 (1 island)
Tracks:4
Opened:16 October 1910
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway
Former:Chinjidong Station
Chosŏn'gŭl: 진지동역
Hanja: 真池洞駅
Original:Chosen Government Railway
Coordinates:38.8537°N 125.4244°W

Ryonggang station is a railway station in Ryonggang-ŭp, Ryonggang county, South P'yŏngan province, North Korea. It is the junction of the P'yŏngnam and Ryonggang lines of the Korean State Railway.[1]

Originally called Chinjidong station and later renamed Ryonggang station, it was opened by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the mainline of the P'yŏngnam Line, on 16 October 1910.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. 86. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. 978-4-10-303731-6. ja.
  2. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea). Meiji No. 32. 5 October 1910. Japanese.