Unhung Station

Unhŭng 운흥
Korean name
Hangul	운흥역
Hanja	雲興驛
Revised Romanization	Unheung-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Unhŭng-yŏk
General information
Location	Unhŭng-ŭp, Unhŭng, Ryanggang North Korea
Coordinates	41°18′20″N 128°29′52″E / 41.3056°N 128.4977°ECoordinates: 41°18′20″N 128°29′52″E / 41.3056°N 128.4977°E
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	1 September 1935
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Poan toward Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Saengjang toward Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn

Unhŭng Station is a railway station in Unhŭng-ŭp, Unhŭng county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.^[1]

Originally called Pongdu-ri Station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 봉두리역; Hanja: 鳳頭里駅), the station, along with the rest of the Paegam-Pongdu-ri section, was opened by the Government Railways of Chosen(朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 September 1935.^[2] It received its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.

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]

Iron sulphide is the main commodity shipped from Unhŭng.^[4]

References

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
4. The traffic and geography in North Korea: Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line (in Korean)