Punggye Station

P'unggye 풍계
Korean name
Hangul	풍계역
Hanja	豊渓驛
Revised Romanization	Punggye-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	P'unggye-yŏk
General information
Location	P'unggye-ri, Kilju, North Hamgyŏng North Korea
Coordinates	41°07′54″N 129°09′47″E / 41.1316°N 129.1630°ECoordinates: 41°07′54″N 129°09′47″E / 41.1316°N 129.1630°E
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	1 November 1933
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Chaedŏk toward Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Sŏnghu toward Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn

P'unggye Station is a railway station in P'unggye-ri, Kilju county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.^[1]

The station, along with the rest of the Kilju-Hapsu section, was opened by the Government Railways of Chosen(朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 November 1933.^[2]

On 9 October 2006 an underground nuclear test was conducted at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, causing the closure of the line for 3–4 months.^[3]

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. Japanese Government Railways (1937), 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
3. 核실험 후 4개월간 길주-혜산 봉쇄