Pakchon station
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Pakch'ŏn 박천 | |||||||||||
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Korean name | |||||||||||
Hangul | 박천역 | ||||||||||
Hanja | |||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Bakcheon-yeok | ||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Pakch'ŏn-yŏk | ||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Pakch'ŏn-ŭp, Pakch'ŏn County, North P'yŏngan Province North Korea | ||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 10 December 1926 | ||||||||||
Closed | ? | ||||||||||
Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
Original company | Chosen Government Railway | ||||||||||
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Pakch'ŏn station (Korean: 박천역) was a railway station in Pakch'ŏn-ŭp, Pakch'ŏn County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea. It was the terminus of the Pakch'ŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
History
The station was originally opened on 10 December 1926 by the Chosen Government Railway, at the same time as the rest of the line from Maengjungri to Pakch'ŏn.
References
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- 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, p508