Panmun station
P'anmun station is a railway station located in the Kaesŏng Industrial Region, North Hwanghae province, North Korea. 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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Kaesong, North Korea
- Also known as: “P’anmun”, “P’anmun-yŏk”, “Panmun Station”, and “Panmunyeok”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bongdong and Bridge of No Return.
Bongdong
Railway station
Pongdong station is a railway station located in Pongsan County, North Hwanghae province, North Korea. It is on 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… Bongdong is situated 3 km northwest of Panmun station.
Bridge of No Return
Bridge
Photo: Filzstift, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Located in the Joint Security Area, the so-called "Bridge of No Return" crosses the Military Demarcation Line between North Korea and South Korea. Bridge of No Return is situated 4 km northeast of Panmun station.
Tower of Immortality (Kijŏng-dong)
Memorial
Tower of Immortality (Kijŏng-dong) is a memorial, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Panmun station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kijong-dong and Daeseong-dong.
Kijong-dong
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kijŏng-dong, Kijŏngdong, Kijŏng tong or Kaepoong is a Potemkin village in P'yŏnghwa-ri, Panmun-guyok, Kaesong Special City, North Korea. It is situated in the North's half of the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
Daeseong-dong
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Daeseong-dong is a village in South Korea close to the North Korean border. It lies within the Korean Demilitarized Zone. The village is about 1.6 kilometres south of the Bridge of No Return, and 12 km from the city of Kaesong, North Korea. Daeseong-dong is situated 3½ km northeast of Panmun station.
Panmunjeom
Photo: Kok Leng Yeo, CC BY 2.0.
Panmunjeom, also P'anmunjŏm, is on the demarcation line between North and South Korea. It is a living relic of the Cold War era. It can only be visited on an organized tour.
Panmun station
- Categories: building and transportation
- Location: Kaesŏng-si, Kaesong, Hwanghae, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.92793° or 37° 55′ 41″ northLongitude
126.64346° or 126° 38′ 37″ eastElevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open location code
8Q98WJHV+59OpenStreetMap ID
way 216602762OpenStreetMap feature
building=train_station
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Korean—“Panmun station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “板門站”
- Chinese: “板门站”
- Czech: “Panmun”
- French: “gare de Panmun”
- French: “Panmun”
- Indonesian: “Stasiun Panmun”
- Japanese: “板門駅”
- Korean: “판문”
- Korean: “판문역”
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