Punggye station

Railway station in North Korea

P'unggye

풍계

Korean name

Hangul

풍계역

Hanja

豊溪驛

Revised Romanization

Punggye-yeok

McCune–Reischauer

P'unggye-yŏk

General information

Location

P'unggye-ri,
Kilju,
North Hamgyŏng
North Korea

Coordinates

Preceding station	Korean State Railway			Following station
Chaedŏk towards Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn		Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line		Sŏnghu towards Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn

P'unggye station is a railway station in P'unggye-ri, Kilju county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.^[1]

The station, along with the rest of the Kilju–Hapsu section, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway (朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 November 1933.^[2]

On 9 October 2006 an underground nuclear test was conducted at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, causing the closure of the line for 3–4 months.^[3]

References

^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
^ 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
^ "核실험 후 4개월간 길주-혜산 봉쇄" [4 months after the experiment gilju – Hyesan blockade]. Daily Chosun.