Chondong station
{{Short description|Railway station in North Korea}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Ch'ŏndong
| native_name = 천동
| native_name_lang = ko
| mlanguage = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes
| hangul = 천동역
| hanja = {{linktext|泉|洞|驛}}
| mr = Ch'ŏndong-yŏk
| rr = Cheondong-yeok
}}
| image =
| image_size =
| image_caption =
| address = Ryongjin-dong, Kaech'ŏn-si,
South P'yŏngan Province
| country = North Korea
| coordinates = {{coord|39.6531|125.9081|type:railwaystation_region:KP|display=inline,title}}
| line = Manp'o Line
| structure =
| platform =
| tracks =
| opened = 1 December 1918
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| former =
| original = Mitsui Mining Railway (to 1927)
Kaech'ŏn Light Railway (to 1932)
Chosen Government Railway
| code =
| electrified = yes
| owned = Korean State Railway
| services = {{adjacent stations|system=KSR
|line1=Manpo Line|left1=Kaechon|right1=Ryongwolli
|line2=Taegak Branch|left2=|right2=Taegak}}
}}
Ch'ŏndong station is a railway station in Ryongjin-dong, Kaech'ŏn municipal city, South P'yŏngan province, North Korea on the Manp'o Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Taegak Branch to Taegak.{{cite book| last=Kokubu| first=Hayato| title=将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō)| trans-title=Shogun's railway| isbn=978-4-10-303731-6}}{{page needed|date=May 2020}}
History
The station was opened on 1 December 1918 by the Mitsui Mining Railway, which became the Kaech'ŏn Light Railway in 1927, whose line from Kaech'ŏn to Ch'ŏndong was taken over by the Chosen Government Railway in 1932.朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1741, 26 October 1932 (in Japanese)
References
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{{Manpo Line}}
{{Taegak Line}}
Category:Buildings and structures in South Pyongan Province
Category:1918 establishments in Korea
Category:Railway stations in North Korea opened in 1918
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