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T'ongch'ŏn 동천
Korean name
Hangul	통천역
Hanja	通川驛
Revised Romanization	Tongcheon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	T'ongch'ŏn-yŏk
General information
Location	T'ongch'ŏn-ŭp, T'ongch'ŏn, Kangwon Province North Korea
Coordinates	38°56′53″N 127°53′23″E / 38.9481°N 127.8897°E / 38.9481; 127.8897
Owned by	Korean State Railway
Line(s)	Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
History
Opened	21 July 1931
Electrified	yes
Previous names	Kojŏ
Original company	Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Sijunghotowards Anbyŏn Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Tonghaetowards Jejin (ROK)

T'ongch'ŏn station is a railway station in T'ongch'ŏn-ŭp, T'ongch'ŏn county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea on the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.

History

The station, originally called Kojŏ station, was opened on 21 July 1931 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the second section of the original Tonghae Pukpu Line from Hŭpkok (nowadays called Myŏnggo) to the original T'ongch'ŏn station (nowadays called Tonghae).

References

1. Road map of Korea, North and South, published December 2010 by Freytag and Berndt, Vienna, Austria, ISBN 978-3-7079-0974-6
2. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6

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