Tonsan Station

Tonsan
돈산
Korean name
Hangul 돈산역
Hanja 東山驛
Revised Romanization Donsan-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Tonsan-yŏk
General information
Location Tonsal-li,
Tanch'ŏn,
South Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates 40°51′14″N 128°50′36″E / 40.8539°N 128.8433°E / 40.8539; 128.8433Coordinates: 40°51′14″N 128°50′36″E / 40.8539°N 128.8433°E / 40.8539; 128.8433
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 4 December 1943
Electrified yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
toward Muhak
Kŭmgol Line
toward Yŏhaejin

Tonsan Station is a railway station in Tonsal-li, greater Tanch'ŏn city, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Kŭmgol Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] It was opened on 4 December 1943 along with the rest of the Tongam - Paekkŭmsan section of the line;[2] the station was originally called Hamnam Unsong Station (Chosōn'gŭl:함남운송역; Hanja: 咸南雲松駅), receiving its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ The traffic and geography in North Korea: Kŭmgol Line (in Korean)
  3. ↑ 朝鮮総督部官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor–General of Korea), Shōwa No. 4854, 9 April 1943 (in Japanese)


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