Maengjungri Station

Maengjungri
맹중리
Korean name
Hangul 맹중리역
Hanja
Revised Romanization Maengjungni-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Maengjungri-yŏk
General information
Location Maengjung-rodongjagu,
Pakch'ŏn County,
North P'yŏngan Province
North Korea
Coordinates 39°38′55″N 125°35′50″E / 39.64861°N 125.59722°E / 39.64861; 125.59722Coordinates: 39°38′55″N 125°35′50″E / 39.64861°N 125.59722°E / 39.64861; 125.59722
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 1 October 1914
Electrified yes
Original company Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
P'yŏngŭi Line
toward P'yŏngyang
TerminusRyonghŭng Branch
toward Ryonghŭng
Terminus
Pakch'ŏn LineTerminus

Maengjungri Station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 맹중리역) is a railway station in Maengjung-rodongjagu, Pakch'ŏn County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea. It is on located on the P'yŏngŭi Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] It is the starting point of the Ryonghŭng Branch, which leads to the important Namhŭng Youth Chemical Complex in Namhŭng. It is also the junction point between the P'yŏngŭi Line and the Pakch'ŏn Line.

History

The station was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 October 1914.[2]

References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō Nr. 642, 21 November 1914


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