Chontan station
Appearance
Ch'ŏnt'an 전탄 | |||||||||||
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Korean name | |||||||||||
Hangul | 전탄역 | ||||||||||
Hanja | |||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Cheontan-yeok | ||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Ch'ŏnt'an-yŏk | ||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Ch'ŏnt'al-li, Kowŏn, South Hamgyŏng North Korea | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°23′01″N 127°14′46″E / 39.3837°N 127.2460°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 21 July 1916 | ||||||||||
Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Ch'ŏnt'an station is a railway station in Ch'ŏnt'al-li, Kowŏn County, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] The station, along with the rest of the Okp'yŏng–Kowŏn–Kŭmya section of the former Hamgyong Line, was opened by the Japanese on 21 July 1916.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ Japanese Government Railways, 鉄道停車場一覧 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, 1937, pp 498–501, 504–505 (in Japanese)