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Chagang Samgang station

Coordinates: 41°21′54″N 126°30′00″E / 41.3651°N 126.5001°E / 41.3651; 126.5001
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Chagang Samgang

자강삼강
Chagang Samgang station
Korean name
Hangul
자강삼강역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJagang Samgang-yeok
McCune–ReischauerChagang Samgang-yŏk
General information
LocationSamgang-ri,
Manp'o-si,
Chagang Province
North Korea
Coordinates41°21′54″N 126°30′00″E / 41.3651°N 126.5001°E / 41.3651; 126.5001
Owned byKorean State Railway
Line(s)Pukbunaeryuk Line
History
Opened1959
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Simridong Pukbunaeryuk Line Songsam

Chagang Samgang station is a railway station in Samgang-ri, Manp'o municipal city, Chagang Province, North Korea, on the Pukbunaeryuk Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

History

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The station was opened in 1959 by the Korean State Railway, along with the rest of the original Unbong Line from Hyesan to Manp'o; much of this line was absorbed into the Pukpu Line in 1988.[2]

When the Unbong Line, having been built to assist with the construction of the Unbong Dam on the Yalu River, was built, a branch from Chagang Samgang to the Chinese side of the construction site was built; the branch was subsequently closed, but the bridge across the Yalu is still there, and the right-of-way on the Chinese side is in use as an unpaved trail.

References

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  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) [Shogun's Railway] (in Japanese). p. 91. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. ^ "북부철길 전철화, 동아일보" [Northern Railway Train, Dong-A Ilbo] (in Korean). January 30, 1992.