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Samjiyon Motka station

Coordinates: 41°49′43″N 128°21′04″E / 41.82861°N 128.35111°E / 41.82861; 128.35111
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Motka

못가
Korean name
Hangul
못가역
Hanja
못가
Revised RomanizationMotga-yeok
McCune–ReischauerMotka-yŏk
General information
LocationChunghŭng-rodongjagu,
Samjiyŏn-si,
Ryanggang
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1948
Closed1994
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Terminus Samjiyŏn Line Samjiyŏn
towards Wiyŏn

Motka station is a railway station in Chunghŭng-rodongjagu, Samjiyon City, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Samjiyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

History

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The station, along with the rest of the Samjiyŏn Line, was opened by the Korean State Railway in 1948.[2] Extensive flooding in 1994 led to the closure of the line, and the station has since been out of use.[3] It is to be the terminus of the standard gauge replacement for the closed narrow gauge line.[4] [5]

References

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  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ^ 북한지역정보넷 - 삼지연선
  3. ^ 北 자재난 심각…2012년 국책사업 줄줄이 ‘중단’, 《데일리NK》, 2009.10.09.
  4. ^ 북, 외화벌이 급해 북부 윤환선 포기, 《자유아시아방송》, 2015.06.10.
  5. ^ [1] 5월 1일에 표준궤로 소위 "백두산관광철도" 라는 이름으로 재개통을 위해 공사를 진행하고 있는 것으로 알려져 있다. <<자유아시아방송>> , 2016.03.10

41°49′43″N 128°21′04″E / 41.82861°N 128.35111°E / 41.82861; 128.35111