Tumangang station
Tumangang station is a railway station in Tumangang-rodongjagu, Sŏnbong, Rasŏn Special City, North Korea, on the Hongŭi Line of the Korean State Railway.
Tumangang 두만강 | |||||||||||
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Street-side view of Tumangang station | |||||||||||
| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 두만강역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | |||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Dumangang-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Tumangang-yŏk | ||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Tumangang-rodongjagu, Sŏnbong-guyŏk, Rasŏn-t'ŭkpyŏlsi North Korea | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42.4214°N 130.6081°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 22 September 2013 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
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In 2008, construction was started from Khasan, Russia to Rajin port, including modernisation of communications equipment and the conversion of the standard-gauge track to dual-gauge (standard and Russian gauges), to allow movement of trains from Russia to Rajin without stopping for bogie changes. Construction was completed in October 2012, and an opening ceremony was held on 22 September 2013.
There are service facilities for locomotives and rolling stock at Tumangang station.
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