Hwangju station
Hwangju 황주 | ||||||||||||||||
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Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
Hangul | 황주역 | |||||||||||||||
Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Hwangju-yeok | |||||||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Hwangju-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Hwangju County, North Hwanghae Province North Korea | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°41′40″N 125°45′38″E / 38.69444°N 125.76056°E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1905 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
Previous names | Hwanghae Hwangju | |||||||||||||||
Original company | Temporary Military Railway | |||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Hwangju station is a railway station in Hwangju County, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea.[1] It is the junction point of the P'yŏngbu Line, which runs from P'yŏngyang to Kaesŏng, and the Songrim Line, which begins at Hwangju and runs to Songrim.
The station, originally called Hwanghae Hwangju station, was opened by the Temporary Military Railway in 1905.
References
[edit]- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6