Potonggang station

Pot'onggang 보통강
Korean name
Hangul	보통강역
Hanja	普通江驛
Revised Romanization	Botonggang-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Pot'onggang-yŏk
General information
Location	Pulg'ŭn'gori 1-dong, Pot'onggang-guyŏk, P'yŏngyang North Korea
Owned by	Korean State Railway
Platforms	3 (1 island)
Tracks	4
Connections	Hyŏksin Line (Kŏn'guk station) Pyongyang Tram Line 1
History
Opened	21 March 1944
Electrified	yes
Original company	Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station P'yŏngyang Terminus P'yŏngnam Line Ch'ilgol towards Namp'o Terminus P'yŏngyanghwajŏn Line P'yŏngyang Chocha'jang towards P'yŏngch'ŏn

Pot'onggang station is a railway station in Pulg'ŭn'gori 1-dong, Pot'onggang-guyŏk, P'yŏngyang, North Korea, on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

It is also the starting point of the P'yŏngyanghwajŏn Line to P'yŏngyang's marshalling yard, P'yŏngyang Choch'ajang; from there the line splits, with a branch going to the P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant, and another to P'yŏngch'ŏn station and a number of industries in the area.[2] There are sidings for loading freight from a number of freight houses on the south side of the station.

History

The station was opened together with the marshalling yard on 21 March 1944 by the Chosen Government Railway.[3]

Services

Local transit transfers can be made from Pot'onggang station to the Pyongyang Metro's Kŏn'guk station on the Hyŏksin Line, and to P'yŏngyang Tram Line 1.

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: P'yŏngnam Line(in Korean)
3. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa No. 5137, 22 March 1944.

39°01′52″N 125°42′35″E