Ryongnam Station

Ryongnam 령남
Korean name
Hangul	령남역
Hanja	嶺南驛
Revised Romanization	Ryongnam-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Ryongnam-yŏk
General information
Location	Ryongnam-rodonjagu, Unhŭng, Ryanggang North Korea
Coordinates	41°16′59″N 128°38′35″E / 41.283°N 128.643°ECoordinates: 41°16′59″N 128°38′35″E / 41.283°N 128.643°E
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	1 September 1935
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Namjung toward Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Ryŏngha toward Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn

Ryongnam Station is a railway station in Ryongnam-rodongjagu, Unhŭng county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.^[1]

The station, along with the rest of the Paegam-Pongdu-ri section, was opened by the Government Railways of Chosen(朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 September 1935.^[2]

On 9 October 2006 an underground nuclear test was conducted at P'unggye-ri in Kilju County, 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