Samjiyon Motka station

Motka station is a railway station in Chunghŭng-rodongjagu, Samjiyon City, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Samjiyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

Motka

못가
Korean name
Hangul
못가역
Hanja
못가驛
Revised RomanizationMotga-yeok
McCune–ReischauerMotka-yŏk
General information
LocationChunghŭng-rodongjagu,
Samjiyŏn-si,
Ryanggang
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1948
Closed1994
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Terminus Samjiyŏn Line Samjiyŏn
towards Wiyŏn

History

The station, along with the rest of the Samjiyŏn Line, was opened by the Korean State Railway in 1948.[2] Extensive flooding in 1994 led to the closure of the line, and the station has since been out of use.[3] It is to be the terminus of the standard gauge replacement for the closed narrow gauge line.[4] [5]

References
  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. 북한지역정보넷 - 삼지연선
  3. 北 자재난 심각…2012년 국책사업 줄줄이 ‘중단’, 《데일리NK》, 2009.10.09.
  4. 북, 외화벌이 급해 북부 윤환선 포기, 《자유아시아방송》, 2015.06.10.
  5. 5월 1일에 표준궤로 소위 "백두산관광철도" 라는 이름으로 재개통을 위해 공사를 진행하고 있는 것으로 알려져 있다. <<자유아시아방송>> , 2016.03.10

41°49′43″N 128°21′04″E

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