Ryongdam Station

Ryongdam
룡담
Korean name
Hangul 룡담역
Hanja 龍潭驛
Revised Romanization Ryongdam-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Ryongdam-yŏk
General information
Location Ryongdam-rodongjagu,
Ch'ŏnnae,
Kangwŏn
North Korea
Coordinates 39°20′56″N 127°14′09″E / 39.3490°N 127.2358°E / 39.3490; 127.2358Coordinates: 39°20′56″N 127°14′09″E / 39.3490°N 127.2358°E / 39.3490; 127.2358
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 21 July 1916
Electrified yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
toward Kowŏn
Kangwŏn Line
toward P'yŏnggang
Terminus
Ch'ŏnnae BranchTerminus

Ryongdam Station is a railway station in Ryongdam-rodongjagu, Ch'ŏnnae county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Ch'ŏnnae Branch to Ch'ŏnnae.[1] The station, along with the rest of the Okp'yŏng-Kowŏn-Kŭmya section of the former Hamgyong Line, was opened by the Japanese on 21 July 1916.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ Japanese Government Railways, 鉄道停車場一覧 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, 1937, pp 498–501, 504–505 (in Japanese)


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