Unhung Station

Unhŭng
운흥
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°E / 41.3056; 128.4977Coordinates: 41°18′20″N 128°29′52″E / 41.3056°N 128.4977°E / 41.3056; 128.4977
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 1 September 1935
Electrified yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line

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

  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
  4. ↑ The traffic and geography in North Korea: Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line (in Korean)


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