Chontan Station

Ch'ŏnt'an 전탄
Korean name
Hangul	전탄역
Hanja	前灘驛
Revised Romanization	Cheontan-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'ŏnt'an-yŏk
General information
Location	Ch'ŏnt'al-li, Kowŏn, South Hamgyŏng North Korea
Coordinates	39°23′01″N 127°14′46″E / 39.3837°N 127.2460°ECoordinates: 39°23′01″N 127°14′46″E / 39.3837°N 127.2460°E
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	21 July 1916
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Kowŏn Terminus Kangwŏn Line Ryongdam toward P'yŏnggang

Ch'ŏnt'an Station is a railway station in Ch'ŏnt'al-li, Kowŏn County, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.^[1] The station, along with the rest of the Okp'yŏng-Kowŏn-Kŭmya section of the former Hamgyong Line, was opened by the Japanese on 21 July 1916.^[2]

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. Japanese Government Railways, 鉄道停車場一覧 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, 1937, pp 498–501, 504–505 (in Japanese)