Tongchon station

Railway station in North Korea

T'ongch'ŏn

Korean name
Hangul|

통천역

Hanja|

通川驛

Revised Romanization| Tongcheon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer| T'ongch'ŏn-yŏk
General information
Location| T'ongch'ŏn-ŭp,
T'ongch'ŏn,
Kangwon Province
North Korea
Coordinates| 38°56′53″N 127°53′23″E﻿ / ﻿38.9481°N 127.8897°E﻿ / 38.9481; 127.8897
Owned by| Korean State Railway
Line(s)| Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
History
Opened| 21 July 1931
Electrified| yes
Previous names| Kojŏ
Original company| Chosen Government Railway
Services
| Preceding station  |  Korean State Railway | Following station

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Sijungho

towards Anbyŏn

|  | Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line |  | Tonghae

towards Jejin (ROK)

T'ongch'ŏn station is a railway station in T'ongch'ŏn-ŭp, T'ongch'ŏn county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea[1] on the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[2]

## History[edit]

The station, originally called Kojŏ station, was opened on 21 July 1931 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the second section of the original Tonghae Pukpu Line from Hŭpkok (nowadays called Myŏnggo) to the original T'ongch'ŏn station (nowadays called Tonghae).

## References[edit]

1. ^ Road map of Korea, North and South, published December 2010 by Freytag and Berndt, Vienna, Austria, ISBN 978-3-7079-0974-6
2. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6

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Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line

Mainline|

* Anbyŏn
* Ogye
* Sangŭm Ch'ŏngnyŏn
* Tongjŏngho
* Myŏnggo
* Kŭmbonggang
* Sijungho
* T'ongch'ŏn
* Tonghae
* ~~Pyŏg'yang~~
* Ryŏmsŏng
* Tup'o
* Nam'ae
* Kosŏng
* Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn
* Samilp'o
* ~~Kosŏng~~
* Kamho (across MDL to Jejin, ROK)

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