Poan Station

Poan
보안
Korean name
Hangul 보안역
Hanja
Revised Romanization Boan-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Poan-yŏk
General information
Location Simp'o-ri,
Unhŭng,
Ryanggang
North Korea
Coordinates 41°20′26″N 128°26′17″E / 41.3406°N 128.4381°E / 41.3406; 128.4381Coordinates: 41°20′26″N 128°26′17″E / 41.3406°N 128.4381°E / 41.3406; 128.4381
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 1 November 1937
Electrified yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line

Poan Station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 보안역) is a railway station in Poanso, Simp'o-ri, Unhŭng county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

The station, along with the rest of the PongduriHyesanjin section, was opened by the Government Railways of Chosen (朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 November 1937.[2]

On 9 October 2006 an underground nuclear test was conducted at P'unggye-ri in Kilju County, causing the closure of the line for 3-4 months.[3]

References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. 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.
  3. 核실험 후 4개월간 길주-혜산 봉쇄


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