Tasadohang Station

Tasadohang
다사도항
Korean name
Hangul 다사도항역
Hanja 多獅島港驛
Revised Romanization Dasadohang-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Tasadohang-yŏk
General information
Location Tasa-rodongjagu,
Yŏmju-gun,
North P'yŏngan
North Korea
Owned by Korean State Railway
Tracks 2 + 1 siding
History
Opened 31 October 1939
Original company Tasado Railway
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
TerminusTasado Line
Tasado
toward Ryongch'ŏn

Tasadohang Station (Tasado Port Station) is a freight-only railway station in Tasa Workers' District, Yŏmju County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, the terminus of the Tasado Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] The line continues beyond the station to siding at Kwakkot Ch'oe Harbour to serve the base of the Korean People's Navy Unit 164 located there.

History

The station was opened on 31 October 1939 by the Tasado Railway, along with the rest of the Tasado Line from Sinŭiju to here.[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), Shōwa Nr. 3841, 8 November 1939

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