Pakchon station

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Pakch'ŏn

박천
Korean name
Hangul
박천역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBakcheon-yeok
McCune–ReischauerPakch'ŏn-yŏk
General information
LocationPakch'ŏn-ŭp,
Pakch'ŏn County,
North P'yŏngan Province
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened10 December 1926
Closed?
Electrifiedyes
Original companyChosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Terminus Pakch'ŏn Line Maengjungri
Terminus

Pakch'ŏn station (Korean박천역) was a railway station in Pakch'ŏn-ŭp, Pakch'ŏn County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea. It was the terminus of the Pakch'ŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

History[edit]

The station was originally opened on 10 December 1926 by the Chosen Government Railway, at the same time as the rest of the line from Maengjungri to Pakch'ŏn.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  • Japanese Government Railways (1937), 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在 (The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, p508