Chondong station
Railway station in North Korea
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Ch'ŏndong station is a railway station in Ryongjin-dong, Kaech'ŏn municipal city, South P'yŏngan province, North Korea on the Manp'o Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Taegak Branch to Taegak.[1][page needed]
Ch'ŏndong 천동 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 천동역 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Cheondong-yeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'ŏndong-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Ryongjin-dong, Kaech'ŏn-si, South P'yŏngan Province North Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39.6531°N 125.9081°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owner | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Line | Manp'o Line | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1 December 1918 | |||||||||||||||
Original company | Mitsui Mining Railway (to 1927) Kaech'ŏn Light Railway (to 1932) Chosen Government Railway | |||||||||||||||
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History
The station was opened on 1 December 1918 by the Mitsui Mining Railway, which became the Kaech'ŏn Light Railway in 1927, whose line from Kaech'ŏn to Ch'ŏndong was taken over by the Chosen Government Railway in 1932.[2]
