Koto station
Appearance
Kot'o 고토 | |||||||||||
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Korean name | |||||||||||
Hangul | 고토역 | ||||||||||
Hanja | |||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Goto-yeok | ||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Kot'o-yŏk | ||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Hwangch'o-rodongjagu, Changjin-gun, South Hamgyŏng North Korea | ||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1 November 1934 | ||||||||||
Original company | Sinhŭng Railway | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Kot'o station is a railway station in Hwangch'o-rodongjagu, Changjin County, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea on the Changjin Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] There is a spur from the station to a factory.
History
[edit]The station was opened on 1 November 1934 by the Sinhŭng Railway as part of the second section of its Changjin Line between Samgŏ and Kujin.[2] The Sinhŭng Railway was bought and absorbed by the Chosen Railway on 22 April 1938.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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), Shōwa No. 2348, 7 November 1934
- ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 3385, 3 May 1938