Tasadohang station

Tasadohang

다사도항
Korean name
Hangul
다사도항역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationDasadohang-yeok
McCune–ReischauerTasadohang-yŏk
General information
LocationTasa-rodongjagu,
Yŏmju-gun,
North P'yŏngan
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
Tracks2 + 1 siding
History
Opened31 October 1939
Original companyTasado Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Terminus Tasado Line Tasado
towards Ryongch'ŏn

Tasadohang station (Tasado Port station) is a freight-only railway station in Tasa Workers' District, Yŏmju County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, the terminus of the Tasado Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] The line continues beyond the station to siding at Kwakkot Ch'oe Harbour to serve the base of the Korean People's Navy Unit 164 located there.

History

The station was opened on 31 October 1939 by the Tasado Railway, along with the rest of the Tasado Line from Sinŭiju to here.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 3841, 8 November 1939