Munak Station

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Mun'ak

문악
Xun Dao Gong Chu Pin photo by Xundaogong Pukpu Line (Hyesan Manpho Chongnyon Line) Wen Yue Yi munagyeog Munak Hui Shan Man Pu Qing Nian Tie Lu Wen Yue Zhan - panoramio.jpg
Mun'ak Station.
Korean name
Hangul
문악역
Hanja
Revised Romanization Mun'ak-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Mun'ak-yŏk
General information
LocationMun'ak-tong,
Manp'o-si,
Chagang Province
North Korea
Coordinates 41°12′41″N126°18′54″E / 41.2114°N 126.3150°E / 41.2114; 126.3150 Coordinates: 41°12′41″N126°18′54″E / 41.2114°N 126.3150°E / 41.2114; 126.3150
Owned by Korean State Railway
Line(s) Pukbunaeryuk Line
History
Opened1959
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station  Korean State Railway  Following station
Pukbunaeryuk Line
Terminus An'gol Line
Terminus
General view of the station area. Ji Qing Xian, Jian Shi, Tonghua Shi, Jilin Sheng, China - panoramio.jpg
General view of the station area.

Mun'ak Station is a railway station in Mun'ak-tong, Manp'o municipal city, Chagang Province, North Korea, on the Pukbunaeryuk Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the An'gol Line. [1]

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History

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]

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Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Station is the central railway station of Hyesan city, located in the Ch'un-dong neighbourhood of greater Hyesan city, Ryanggang province, North Korea. A large station with seven tracks, it is the junction point of the Korean State Railway's Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Pukbunaeryuk lines.

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References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p.91 ISBN   978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ 북부철길 전철화, 동아일보, 1992 January 30
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