Chontan station

Ch'ŏnt'an station is a railway station in Ch'ŏnt'al-li, Kowŏn County, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] The station, along with the rest of the Okp'yŏng–Kowŏn–Kŭmya section of the former Hamgyong Line, was opened by the Japanese on 21 July 1916.[2]

Ch'ŏnt'an

전탄
Korean name
Hangul
전탄역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationCheontan-yeok
McCune–ReischauerCh'ŏnt'an-yŏk
General information
LocationCh'ŏnt'al-li,
Kowŏn,
South Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates39.3837°N 127.2460°E / 39.3837; 127.2460
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened21 July 1916
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Kowŏn
Terminus
 Kangwŏn Line Ryongdam
towards P'yŏnggang

References
  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. Japanese Government Railways, 鉄道停車場一覧 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, 1937, pp 498–501, 504–505 (in Japanese)


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