P'anmun station is a railway station located in the Kaesŏng Industrial Region, North Hwanghae province, North Korea.[1] It is located on the P'yŏngbu Line, which was formed from part of the Kyŏngŭi Line to accommodate the shift of the capital from Seoul to P'yŏngyang.[1]
P'anmun 판문 | |||||||||||
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View of the station yard | |||||||||||
| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 판문역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | |||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Panmun-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | P'anmun-yŏk | ||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Kaesŏng Industrial Region, North Hwanghae Province North Korea | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 (1 side platform) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 April 1908 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1950-1953 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2003 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | No | ||||||||||
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History
editAlthough the Kyŏngŭi Line was originally opened on 3 April 1906, the station itself was opened for passenger and freight service on 1 April 1908; the station was closed after the Korean War. The station, as well as the disused section from Kaesŏng across the DMZ to Dorasan, was rebuilt in 2003, and a special train inaugurating the reopened line ran on 17 May 2007. Regular freight service began between Dorasan and the Kaesŏng Industrial Region,[2] and although passenger service for South Korean workers exists between Dorasan and the Kaesŏng Industrial Area, apart from the inaugural special train, there has been no passenger service to P'anmun station. The freight and passenger services have been interrupted several times as a result of political events between North and South that have caused the closure of the industrial district; it was reopened on 16 September 2013 after a five-month shutdown.[3] After a 10-year shutdown, on 30 November 2018 the first South Korean train arrived towards Panmun station and crossed the DMZ.[4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ "First Regular Train Service Crossess Inter-Korean Border". Korea Report. 11 December 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ K .J. Kwon (16 September 2013). "North and South Korea reopen Kaesong Industrial Complex". CNN. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ "South Korean trains venture over the border for first time in a decade to fix the North's dilapidated railway | South China Morning Post". Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "South Korean train crosses DMZ into North Korea - BBC News4; South China Morning Post". Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "South Korea sends a train into North for the first time in a decade". The Washington Post. 2018-11-30. Archived from the original on 2021-01-04.