Maengjungri station
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Maengjungri 맹중리 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Korean name | |||||||||||||||||||||
Hangul | 맹중리역 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hanja | |||||||||||||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Maengjungni-yeok | ||||||||||||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Maengjungri-yŏk | ||||||||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Maengjung-rodongjagu, Pakch'ŏn County, North P'yŏngan Province North Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°38′55″N 125°35′50″E / 39.64861°N 125.59722°ECoordinates: 39°38′55″N 125°35′50″E / 39.64861°N 125.59722°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1 October 1914 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
Original company | Chosen Government Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Maengjungri station (Korean: 맹중리역) is a railway station in Maengjung-rodongjagu, Pakch'ŏn County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea. It is on located on the P'yŏngŭi Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] It is the starting point of the Namhŭng Line, which leads to the important Namhŭng Youth Chemical Complex in Namhŭng. It is also the junction point between the P'yŏngŭi Line and the Pakch'ŏn Line.
History
The station was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 October 1914.[2]
References
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō Nr. 642, 21 November 1914