Ryongch'ŏn

룡천
Korean name
Hangul
룡천역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYongcheon-yeok
McCune–ReischauerRyongch'ŏn-yŏk
General information
LocationRyongch'ŏn-ŭp,
Ryongch'ŏn-gun,
North P'yŏngan
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks7
History
Opened31 October 1939
Electrifiedyes
Original companyTasado Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Ragwŏn
towards Dandong (China)
 P'yŏngŭi Line Ryongju
towards P'yŏngyang
Pukchung
towards Tasadohang
 Tasado Line Terminus

Ryongch'ŏn station is a railway station in Ryongch'ŏn-ŭp, Ryongch'ŏn County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea. It is the junction point of the P'yŏngŭi and Tasado lines of the Korean State Railway.[1]

History

The station, originally called Yangsi station, was opened on 31 October 1939 by the Tasado Railway, along with the rest of the Tasado Line from Sinŭiju to Tasado Port.[2] The Sinŭiju–Yangsi section of the line was transferred to the Chosen Government Railway as the Yangsi Line on 1 April 1943,[3] and the station received its current name in July 1945.

The Ryongch'ŏn disaster was a major accident that occurred at Ryongch'ŏn station on 22 April 2004, when a train carrying flammable cargo exploded.

Services

There are five daily return commuter trains between Ryongch'ŏn and Tasado stations.[4]

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
  3. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 4837, 19 March 1943
  4. ↑ North Korea Geographic Information: Transportation Geography – Tasado Line (in Korean)

39°59′10″N 124°27′28″E / 39.9860°N 124.4578°E / 39.9860; 124.4578

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