Tasadohang station
Appearance
Tasadohang 다사도항 | |||||||||||
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Korean name | |||||||||||
Hangul | 다사도항역 | ||||||||||
Hanja | |||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Dasadohang-yeok | ||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Tasadohang-yŏk | ||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Tasa-rodongjagu, Yŏmju-gun, North P'yŏngan North Korea | ||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 + 1 siding | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 31 October 1939 | ||||||||||
Original company | Tasado Railway | ||||||||||
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Tasadohang station (Tasado Port station) is a freight-only railway station in Tasa Workers' District, Yŏmju County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, the terminus of the Tasado Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] The line continues beyond the station to siding at Kwakkot Ch'oe Harbour to serve the base of the Korean People's Navy Unit 164 located there.
History
The station was opened on 31 October 1939 by the Tasado Railway, along with the rest of the Tasado Line from Sinŭiju to here.[2]
References
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 3841, 8 November 1939