Pakchon station
Former railway station in North Korea
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Pakch'ŏn station (Korean: 박천역) was a railway station in Pakch'ŏn-ŭp, Pakch'ŏn County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea. It was the terminus of the Pakch'ŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
Pakch'ŏn 박천 | |||||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 박천역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | |||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Bakcheon-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Pakch'ŏn-yŏk | ||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Pakch'ŏn-ŭp, Pakch'ŏn County, North P'yŏngan Province North Korea | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 10 December 1926 | ||||||||||
| Closed | ? | ||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
| Original company | Chosen Government Railway | ||||||||||
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History
The station was originally opened on 10 December 1926 by the Chosen Government Railway, at the same time as the rest of the line from Maengjungri to Pakch'ŏn.
