Tongchon station explained

T'ongch'ŏn
Native Name:동천
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:통천역
Mr:T'ongch'ŏn-yŏk
Rr:Tongcheon-yeok
Address:T'ongch'ŏn-ŭp,
T'ongch'ŏn,
Kangwon Province
Country:North Korea
Coordinates:38.9481°N 127.8897°W
Line:Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
Opened:21 July 1931
Former:Kojŏ
Original:Chosen Government Railway
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway

T'ongch'ŏn station is a railway station in T'ongch'ŏn-ŭp, T'ongch'ŏn county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea[1] on the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[2]

History

The station, originally called Kojŏ station, was opened on 21 July 1931 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the second section of the original Tonghae Pukpu Line from Hŭpkok (nowadays called Myŏnggo) to the original T'ongch'ŏn station (nowadays called Tonghae).

Notes and References

  1. Road map of Korea, North and South, published December 2010 by Freytag and Berndt, Vienna, Austria,
  2. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),