Tonsan station explained

Tonsan

Native Name:

돈산

Native Name Lang:

Mlanguage:

Child:	yes
Hangul:	돈산역
Hanja:	돈산驛
Mr:	Tonsan-yŏk
Rr:	Donsan-yeok

Borough:

Tonsal-li,
Tanch'ŏn,
South Hamgyŏng

Country:

North Korea

Platform:

2 (1 island)

Tracks:

Opened:

4 December 1943

Electrified:

yes

Owned:

Korean State Railway

Coordinates:

40.8539°N 128.8433°W

Tonsan station is a railway station in Tonsal-li, greater Tanch'ŏn city, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Kŭmgol Line of the Korean State Railway.^[1] It was opened on 4 December 1943 along with the rest of the Tongam–Paekkŭmsan section of the line;^[2] the station was originally called Hamnam Unsong station (Chosōn'gŭl:함남운송역; Hanja: 咸南雲松駅), receiving its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.^[3]

Notes and References

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