Taeochon Station

Taeoch'ŏn
대오천
Korean name
Hangul 대오천역
Hanja
Revised Romanization Daeocheon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Taeoch'ŏn-yŏk
General information
Location Taeosich'ŏl-lodongjagu,
Unhŭng,
Ryanggang
North Korea
Coordinates 41°25′35″N 128°20′48″E / 41.4263°N 128.3466°E / 41.4263; 128.3466Coordinates: 41°25′35″N 128°20′48″E / 41.4263°N 128.3466°E / 41.4263; 128.3466
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 1 November 1937
Electrified yes
Previous names Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
TerminusOsich'ŏn Branch
Terminus

Taeoch'ŏn Station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 대오천역) is a railway station in Taeosich'ŏl-lodongjagu, Unhŭng county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway; it is the starting point of a branchline to Osich'ŏn.[1]

The station, along with the rest of the PongduriHyesanjin section, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 November 1937.[2]

On 9 October 2006 an underground nuclear test was conducted at P'unggye-ri in Kilju County, causing the closure of the line for 3-4 months.[3]

References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. Japanese Government Railways (1937), 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.
  3. 核실험 후 4개월간 길주-혜산 봉쇄


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