Mintang station

Min'tang 민탕
General view of Mint'ang station
Korean name
Hangul	민탕역
Hanja	珉湯驛
Revised Romanization	Mintang-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Mint'ang-yŏk
General information
Location	Sinsang-ri, Kimjŏngsuk-kun, Ryanggang Province North Korea
Coordinates	41°24′41″N 127°47′34″E / 41.4114°N 127.7929°E / 41.4114; 127.7929
Owned by	Korean State Railway
Line	Pukbunaeryuk Line
History
Opened	27 November 1987
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Sinp'a Ch'ŏngnyŏn towards Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn Pukbunaeryuk Line Ryanggang Sinsang towards Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Location

Mint'ang station is a railway station in Sinsang-ri, Kimjŏngsuk-kun, Ryanggang Province, North Korea, on the Pukbunaeryuk Line of the Korean State Railway.^[1]

History

The station was opened on 27 November 1987 by the Korean State Railway, along with the rest of the first eastern section of the Pukbunaeryuk Line between Huju and Hyesan.^[2] The station name comes from the name of a village, Mintang-ri, which existed from the Chosŏn Dynasty period until 1952, when it was merged into Sinsang-ri.^[3]

Gallery

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  The main station building
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  The freight house at Mint'ang Station.

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p.91 ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. "북부 철길 건설". terms.naver.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
3. "북한지역정보넷 - 민탕리(珉湯里)". cybernk.net. Retrieved 2018-01-01.

External links

Media related to Mintang Station at Wikimedia Commons