Ryongha station

Ryŏngha station is a railway station in Ryŏngha-rodongjagu, Unhŭng county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

Ryŏngha

령하
Korean name
Hangul
령하역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationRyeongha-yeok
McCune–ReischauerRyŏngha-yŏk
General information
LocationRyŏngha-rodongjagu,
Unhŭng,
Ryanggang
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1 September 1935
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Ryŏngnam Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Paegam Ch'ŏngnyŏn

The station, along with the rest of the PaegamPongdu-ri section, was opened by the Government Railways of Chosen (朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 September 1935.[2]

On 9 October 2006, an underground nuclear test was conducted at P'unggye-ri in Kilju County, 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

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