Potonggang station
Pot'onggang 보통강 | ||||||||||||||||
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Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
Hangul | 보통강역 | |||||||||||||||
Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Botonggang-yeok | |||||||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Pot'onggang-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Pulg'ŭn'gori 1-dong, Pot'onggang-guyŏk, P'yŏngyang North Korea | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 3 (1 island) | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Connections | ||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 21 March 1944 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
Original company | Chosen Government Railway | |||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Pot'onggang station is a railway station in Pulg'ŭn'gori 1-dong, Pot'onggang-guyŏk, P'yŏngyang, North Korea, on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
It is also the starting point of the P'yŏngyanghwajŏn Line to P'yŏngyang's marshalling yard, P'yŏngyang Choch'ajang; from there the line splits, with a branch going to the P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant, and another to P'yŏngch'ŏn station and a number of industries in the area.[2] There are sidings for loading freight from a number of freight houses on the south side of the station.
History
The station was opened together with the marshalling yard on 21 March 1944 by the Chosen Government Railway.[3]
Services
Local transit transfers can be made from Pot'onggang station to the Pyongyang Metro's Kŏn'guk station on the Hyŏksin Line, and to P'yŏngyang Tram Line 1.
References
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ The traffic and geography in North Korea: P'yŏngnam Line(in Korean)
- ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa No. 5137, 22 March 1944.
Coordinates: 39°01′52″N 125°42′35″E / 39.03111°N 125.70972°E