Unhung Station
Unhŭng 운흥 | |||||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 운흥역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | 雲興驛 | ||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Unheung-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Unhŭng-yŏk | ||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location |
Unhŭng-ŭp, Unhŭng, Ryanggang North Korea | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°18′20″N 128°29′52″E / 41.3056°N 128.4977°ECoordinates: 41°18′20″N 128°29′52″E / 41.3056°N 128.4977°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 September 1935 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
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Unhŭng Station is a railway station in Unhŭng-ŭp, Unhŭng county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
Originally called Pongdu-ri Station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 봉두리역; Hanja: 鳳頭里駅), the station, along with the rest of the Paegam-Pongdu-ri section, was opened by the Government Railways of Chosen(朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 September 1935.[2] It received its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.
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]
Iron sulphide is the main commodity shipped from Unhŭng.[4]
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
- ↑ 核실험 후 4개월간 길주-혜산 봉쇄
- ↑ The traffic and geography in North Korea: Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line (in Korean)
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