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Paekkumsan station
Paekkŭmsan station is a railway station in Paekkŭmsan-dong, 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 Yongyang station (Chosōn'gŭl:용양역; Hanja: 龍陽駅), receiving its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.[3]
Paekkŭmsan 백금산 | |||||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 백금산역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | 白金山驛 | ||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Baekgeumsan-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Paekkŭmsan-yŏk | ||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Paekkŭmsan-dong, Tanch'ŏn, South Hamgyŏng North Korea | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°53′25″N 128°49′15″E / 40.8904°N 128.8209°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 7 (+3 sidings) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 4 December 1943 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
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References edit
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ 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)