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°53′25″N 128°49′15″E / 40.8904°N 128.8209°ECoordinates: 40°53′25″N 128°49′15″E / 40.8904°N 128.8209°E
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	4 December 1943
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Kŭmgol toward Muhak Kŭmgol Line Tonsan toward 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 Ryongyang Station (Chosōn'gŭl:룡양역; 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)