Chagang Samgang station
Railway station in North Korea
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Chagang Samgang station is a railway station in Samgang-ri, Manp'o municipal city, Chagang Province, North Korea, on the Pukbunaeryuk Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
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Chagang Samgang 자강삼강 | |||||||||||
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Chagang Samgang station | |||||||||||
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| Hangul | 자강삼강역 | ||||||||||
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| Revised Romanization | Jagang Samgang-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Chagang Samgang-yŏk | ||||||||||
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| Location | Samgang-ri, Manp'o-si, Chagang Province North Korea | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41.3651°N 126.5001°E | ||||||||||
| Owner | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| Line | Pukbunaeryuk Line | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1959 | ||||||||||
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History
The station was opened in 1959 by the Korean State Railway, along with the rest of the original Unbong Line from Hyesan to Manp'o; much of this line was absorbed into the Pukpu Line in 1988.[2]
When the Unbong Line, having been built to assist with the construction of the Unbong Dam on the Yalu River, was built, a branch from Chagang Samgang to the Chinese side of the construction site was built; the branch was subsequently closed, but the bridge across the Yalu is still there, and the right-of-way on the Chinese side is in use as an unpaved trail.
