Kindung station

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Kindŭng

긴등
Korean name
Hangul
긴등역
Hanja
긴登驛
Revised RomanizationGindeung-yeok
McCune–ReischauerKindŭng-yŏk
General information
LocationRyonggung-ri,
Hwangju County,
North Hwanghae Province
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1906
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station DPRKRailway -vector.svg Korean State Railway Following station
Hŭkkyo
towards P'yŏngyang
P'yŏngbu Line Hwangju
towards Kaesŏng

Kindŭng station is a railway station in Ryonggung-ri, Hwangju County, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea.[1] It is on located on the P'yŏngbu Line, which was formed from part of the Kyŏngŭi Line to accommodate the shift of the capital from Seoul to P'yŏngyang; though this line physically connects P'yŏngyang to Pusan via Dorasan, in operational reality it ends at Kaesŏng due to the Korean Demilitarized Zone.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6

Coordinates: 38°44′29″N 125°46′40″E / 38.7414°N 125.7778°E / 38.7414; 125.7778