Tongdok station explained

Tongdŏk
Native Name:동덕
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:동덕역
Mr:Tongdŏk-yŏk
Rr:Dongdeok-yeok
Borough:Tanch'ŏn,
South Hamgyŏng
Country:North Korea
Opened:30 March 1943
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway
Coordinates:40.6296°N 128.9431°W

Tongdŏk station is a railway station in greater Tanch'ŏn city, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Kŭmgol Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] It was opened on 30 March 1943 along with the rest of the YŏhaejinTongam section of the line.[2] Originally called Hamnam Kwangch'ŏn station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 함남광천역, Hanja: 咸南広泉駅), it received its current name in 1945.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),
  2. The traffic and geography in North Korea: Kŭmgol Line (in Korean)
  3. 朝鮮総督部官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor–General of Korea), Shōwa No. 4854, 9 April 1943 (in Japanese)