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.

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 2½ km northwest of Panmun station.

Bridge of No Return

Bridge

Photo: Filzstift, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Located in the Joint Security Area, the "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.

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

Type: Railway station
Also known as: “P’anmun”, “P’anmun-yŏk”, “Panmun”, and “Panmunyeok”
Categories: station and transportation
Location: Kaesŏng-si, Kaesong, Hwanghae, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

37.92846° or 37° 55′ 43″ north

Longitude

126.64405° or 126° 38′ 39″ east

Elevation

11 metres (36 feet)

Open location code

8Q98WJHV+9J

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2246560772

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

GeoNames ID

13587828

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Russian—“Panmun station” goes by many names.

Chinese: “板門”
French: “Panmun”
Japanese: “パンムン(板門)”
Korean: “판문”
Korean: “판문역”
Russian: “Пханмун”

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