Tongdok Station

Tongdŏk
동덕
Korean name
Hangul 동덕역
Hanja 東徳驛
Revised Romanization Dongdeok-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Tongdŏk-yŏk
General information
Location Tanch'ŏn,
South Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates 40°37′47″N 128°56′35″E / 40.6296°N 128.9431°E / 40.6296; 128.9431Coordinates: 40°37′47″N 128°56′35″E / 40.6296°N 128.9431°E / 40.6296; 128.9431
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 30 March 1943
Electrified yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
toward Muhak
Kŭmgol Line
toward Yŏhaejin

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 Yŏhaejin - Tongam 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]

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  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)


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