Chontan station

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]

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	39.3837°N 127.2460°E / 39.3837; 127.2460
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

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)