Tongdok station

Railway station in North Korea
Tongdŏk

동덕
Korean name
Hangul
동덕역
Hanja
東徳驛
Revised RomanizationDongdeok-yeok
McCune–ReischauerTongdŏk-yŏk
General information
LocationTanch'ŏn,
South Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Tongam
towards Muhak
 Kumgol Line Unjŏn
towards Yŏhaejin

Tongdŏk station is a railway station in greater Tanch'ŏn city, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Kŭmgol Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] It was opened on 30 March 1943 along with the rest of the Yŏhaejin–Tongam section of the line.[2] Originally called Hamnam Kwangch'ŏn station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 함남광천역, Hanja: 咸南広泉駅), it received its current name in 1945.[3]

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: Kŭmgol Line (in Korean)
  3. ^ 朝鮮総督部官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor–General of Korea), Shōwa No. 4854, 9 April 1943 (in Japanese)


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