Maengjungri station

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Maengjungri

맹중리
Korean name
Hangul
맹중리역
Hanja
Revised Romanization Maengjungni-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Maengjungri-yŏk
General information
LocationMaengjung-rodongjagu,
Pakch'ŏn County,
North P'yŏngan Province
North Korea
Coordinates 39°38′55″N125°35′50″E / 39.64861°N 125.59722°E / 39.64861; 125.59722
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened1 October 1914
Electrifiedyes
Original company Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station DPRKRailway -vector.svg Korean State Railway Following station
Unjŏn P'yŏngŭi Line Ch'ŏngch'ŏn'gang
towards P'yŏngyang
Terminus Namhŭng Line Songdo
towards Namhŭng
Pakch'ŏn
Terminus
Pakch'ŏn Line Terminus

Maengjungri station (Korean : 맹중리역) is a railway station in Maengjung-rodongjagu, Pakch'ŏn County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea. It is on located on the P'yŏngŭi Line of the Korean State Railway. [1] It is the starting point of the Namhŭng Line, which leads to the important Namhŭng Youth Chemical Complex in Namhŭng. It is also the junction point between the P'yŏngŭi Line and the Pakch'ŏn Line.

History

The station was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 October 1914. [2]

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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), Taishō Nr. 642, 21 November 1914