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Ryongdam 룡담
Korean name
Hangul	룡담역
Hanja	龍潭驛
Revised Romanization	Ryongdam-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Ryongdam-yŏk
General information
Location	Ryongdam-rodongjagu, Ch'ŏnnae, Kangwŏn North Korea
Coordinates	39°20′56″N 127°14′09″E / 39.3490°N 127.2358°E / 39.3490; 127.2358
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	21 July 1916
Electrified	yes
Previous names	Munch'ŏn 문천 (文川)
Original company	Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Chŏnt'antowards Kowŏn Kangwŏn Line Ongp'yŏngtowards P'yŏnggang Ch'ŏnnaeTerminus Ch'ŏnnae Line Terminus

Ryongdam station is a railway station in Ryongdam-rodongjagu, Ch'ŏnnae county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway. It is also the starting point of the Ch'ŏnnae Line to Ch'ŏnnae.

History

The station, originally called Munch'ŏn station (not to be confused with the current station of the same name, which was originally called Munp'yŏng station), along with the rest of the Okp'yŏng−Kowŏn−Kŭmya section of the former Hamgyeong Line, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 21 July 1916.

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. Japanese Government Railways, 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, 1937, pp 498–501, 504–505 (in Japanese)

v t e Ch'ŏnnae Line
Mainline	Ryongdam Ch'ŏnnae

v t e Kangwŏn Line
Mainline	Kowŏn Chŏnt'an Ryongdam Ongp'yŏng Munch'ŏn Segil Wŏnsan Kalma Paehwa Anbyŏn Namsan Kwangmyŏng Ryongjiwŏn Kosan Tonggari Rakch'ŏn Sambang Sep'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn Sŏngsan Kŏmbullang Rimok Pokkye P'yŏnggang ← DMZ → Kagok Woljŏngri (to 1950) Ch'ŏrwŏn (to 1950) Paengmagoji (to 1950) Sintalli (to 1950) Taegwangri (to 1950) Sinmangri (to 1950) Ryŏnch'ŏn (to 1950) Chŏn'gok (to 1950) Hant'an'gang (to 1950) → Chosŏngri, South Korea
Wŏnsan Hwamul Branch	Wŏnsan Wŏnsan Hwamul

• Railway stations in North Korea opened in 1916