Poan station

Coordinates: 41°20′26″N 128°26′17″E / 41.3406°N 128.4381°E / 41.3406; 128.4381
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Poan

보안
Korean name
Hangul
보안역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBoan-yeok
McCune–ReischauerPoan-yŏk
General information
LocationSimp'o-ri,
Unhŭng,
Ryanggang
North Korea
Coordinates41°20′26″N 128°26′17″E / 41.3406°N 128.4381°E / 41.3406; 128.4381
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1 November 1937
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Simp'ori Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Unhŭng

Poan station (Korean보안역) is a railway station in Poanso, Simp'o-ri, 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 PongduriHyesanjin section, was opened by the Government Railways of Chosen (朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 November 1937.[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[edit]

  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