Punggye station

P'unggye station is a railway station in P'unggye-ri, Kilju county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

P'unggye

풍계
Korean name
Hangul
풍계역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationPunggye-yeok
McCune–ReischauerP'unggye-yŏk
General information
LocationP'unggye-ri,
Kilju,
North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates41.1316°N 129.1630°E / 41.1316; 129.1630
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1 November 1933
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Chaedŏk
towards Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn
 Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Sŏnghu
towards Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn

The station, along with the rest of the Kilju–Hapsu section, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway (朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 November 1933.[2]

On 9 October 2006 an underground nuclear test was conducted at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, causing the closure of the line for 3–4 months.[3]

References
  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. Japanese Government Railways (1937), 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
  3. "核실험 후 4개월간 길주-혜산 봉쇄" [4 months after the experiment gilju – Hyesan blockade]. Daily Chosun.


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