Paekkumsan station

Paekkŭmsan 백금산
Korean name
Hangul	백금산역
Hanja	白金山驛
Revised Romanization	Baekgeumsan-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Paekkŭmsan-yŏk
General information
Location	Paekkŭmsan-dong, Tanch'ŏn, South Hamgyŏng North Korea
Coordinates	40.8904°N 128.8209°E / 40.8904; 128.8209
Owned by	Korean State Railway
Platforms	1
Tracks	7 (+3 sidings)
History
Opened	4 December 1943
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Kŭmgol towards Muhak Kumgol Line Tonsan towards Yŏhaejin

Paekkŭmsan station is a railway station in Paekkŭmsan-dong, greater Tanch'ŏn city, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Kŭmgol Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] It was opened on 4 December 1943 along with the rest of the Tongam–Paekkŭmsan section of the line;[2] the station was originally called Yongyang station (Chosōn'gŭl:용양역; Hanja: 龍陽駅), receiving its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.[3]

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. The traffic and geography in North Korea: Kŭmgol Line (in Korean)
3. 朝鮮総督部官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor–General of Korea), Shōwa No. 4854, 9 April 1943 (in Japanese)