Tongjongho station explained

Tongjŏngho
Native Name:동정호
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:동정호역
Mr:Tongjŏngho-yŏk
Rr:Dongjeongho-yeok
Address:T'ongch'ŏn,
Kangwŏn Province
Country:North Korea
Coordinates:39.1039°N 127.6979°W
Line:Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
Opened:1 September 1929
Former:Chadong
Original:Chosen Government Railway
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway

Tongjŏngho station is a railway station in 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 Chadong station was opened on 1 September 1929 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the first section of the original Tonghae Pukpu Line from Anbyŏn to Hŭpkok.

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),