Punggye station
Appearance
P'unggye 풍계 | |||||||||||
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Korean name | |||||||||||
Hangul | 풍계역 | ||||||||||
Hanja | |||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Punggye-yeok | ||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | P'unggye-yŏk | ||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | P'unggye-ri, Kilju, North Hamgyŏng North Korea | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°07′54″N 129°09′47″E / 41.1316°N 129.1630°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1 November 1933 | ||||||||||
Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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P'unggye station is a railway station in P'unggye-ri, Kilju county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
The station, along with the rest of the Kilju–Hapsu section, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway (朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 November 1933.[2]
On 9 October 2006 an underground nuclear test was conducted at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, causing the closure of the line for 3–4 months.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ "核실험 후 4개월간 길주-혜산 봉쇄" [4 months after the experiment gilju – Hyesan blockade]. Daily Chosun.