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Tasadohang station

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Tasadohang

다사도항
Korean name
Hangul
다사도항역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationDasadohang-yeok
McCune–ReischauerTasadohang-yŏk
General information
LocationTasa-rodongjagu,
Yŏmju-gun,
North P'yŏngan
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
Tracks2 + 1 siding
History
Opened31 October 1939
Original companyTasado Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Terminus Tasado Line Tasado
towards Ryongch'ŏn

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

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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

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  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