Potonggang station

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Pot'onggang

보통강
Korean name
Hangul
보통강역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBotonggang-yeok
McCune–ReischauerPot'onggang-yŏk
General information
LocationPulg'ŭn'gori 1-dong,
Pot'onggang-guyŏk,
P'yŏngyang
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
Platforms3 (1 island)
Tracks4
Connections
  • Logo of the Pyongyang Metro.svg   Hyŏksin Line (Kŏn'guk station)
  • Tram interchange Pyongyang Tram Line 1
History
Opened21 March 1944
Electrifiedyes
Original companyChosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
Terminus
P'yŏngnam Line
toward Namp'o
TerminusP'yŏngyanghwajŏn Line

Pot'onggang station is a railway station in Pulg'ŭn'gori 1-dong, Pot'onggang-guyŏk, P'yŏngyang, North Korea, on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

It is also the starting point of the P'yŏngyanghwajŏn Line to P'yŏngyang's marshalling yard, P'yŏngyang Choch'ajang; from there the line splits, with a branch going to the , and another to P'yŏngch'ŏn station and a number of industries in the area.[2] There are sidings for loading freight from a number of freight houses on the south side of the station.

History[]

The station was opened together with the marshalling yard on 21 March 1944 by the Chosen Government Railway.[3]

Services[]

Local transit transfers can be made from Pot'onggang station to the Pyongyang Metro's Kŏn'guk station on the Hyŏksin Line, and to P'yŏngyang Tram Line 1.

References[]

  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ^ The traffic and geography in North Korea: P'yŏngnam Line(in Korean)
  3. ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa No. 5137, 22 March 1944.

Coordinates: 39°01′52″N 125°42′35″E / 39.03111°N 125.70972°E / 39.03111; 125.70972

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