Pongdong 봉동 | |||||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 봉동역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | |||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Bongdong-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Pongdong-yŏk | ||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Pongsan County, North Hwanghae Province North Korea | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 (1 side platform) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 July 1923 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1950-1953 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2003 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | No | ||||||||||
| Original company | Chosen Government Railway | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Pongdong station is a railway station located in Pongsan County, North Hwanghae province, North Korea.[1] It is on located on the P'yŏngbu Line, which was formed from part of the Kyŏngŭi Line to accommodate the shift of the capital from Seoul to P'yŏngyang; though this line physically connects P'yŏngyang to Pusan via Dorasan, in operational reality it ends at Kaesŏng due to the Korean Demilitarized Zone.[1]
- ^ a b Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6