Tasadohang station explained

Tasadohang
Native Name:다사도항
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:다사도항역
Mr:Tasadohang-yŏk
Rr:Dasadohang-yeok
Borough:Tasa-rodongjagu,
Yŏmju-gun,
North P'yŏngan
Country:North Korea
Tracks:2 + 1 siding
Opened:31 October 1939
Owned:Korean State Railway
Original:Tasado Railway

Tasadohang station (Tasado Port station) is a freight-only railway station in Tasa Workers' District, Yŏmju County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, the terminus of the Tasado Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] The line continues beyond the station to siding at Kwakkot Ch'oe Harbour to serve the base of the Korean People's Navy Unit 164 located there.

History

The station was opened on 31 October 1939 by the Tasado Railway, along with the rest of the Tasado Line from Sinŭiju to here.[2]

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 Nr. 3841, 8 November 1939