Chagang Samgang station
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Chagang Samgang 자강삼강 | |||||||||||
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![]() Chagang Samgang station | |||||||||||
Korean name | |||||||||||
Hangul | 자강삼강역 | ||||||||||
Hanja | |||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Jagang Samgang-yeok | ||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Chagang Samgang-yŏk | ||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Samgang-ri, Manp'o-si, Chagang Province North Korea | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°21′54″N 126°30′00″E / 41.3651°N 126.5001°ECoordinates: 41°21′54″N 126°30′00″E / 41.3651°N 126.5001°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Pukbunaeryuk Line | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1959 | ||||||||||
Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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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]
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.
References
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) [Shogun's Railway] (in Japanese). p. 91. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
- ^ "북부철길 전철화, 동아일보" [Northern Railway Train, Dong-A Ilbo] (in Korean). January 30, 1992.