Kŏnsŏl

Kŏnsŏl Station is a station on Hyŏksin Line of the Pyongyang Metro. It is notable for being the only station in the Pyongyang Metro to use side platforms, as all other stations use an island platform configuration instead.
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  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: metro station
  • Also known as: “Kŏnsŏl Metro Station”, “Konsol station”, and “Konsol Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ryugyong Hotel and Potongmun.

Building
Photo: Martin Cígler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , or Yu-Kyung Hotel, is a 330 m tall unfinished pyramid-shaped skyscraper in , . Its name is also one of the historical names for Pyongyang. is situated 350 metres northwest of Kŏnsŏl.

City gate
Photo: Tom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the western gate of the inner system of the walled city of . It was originally built in the sixth century as an official Koguryo construction, and was later rebuilt in 1473. is situated 1 km southeast of Kŏnsŏl.

Public building
Photo: Nicor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pyongyang Assembly Hall, formerly known as the , is the seat of the Supreme People's Assembly, the unicameral supreme state organ of power of . is situated 1½ km southeast of Kŏnsŏl.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pyongyang.

Photo: Nicor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital city of , with about 2,750,000 inhabitants. It is on the Taedong River in the southwest of the country and is known as the Capital of the Revolution.

Kŏnsŏl

Latitude
39.03418° or 39° 2′ 3″ north
Longitude
125.73323° or 125° 43′ 60″ east
Open location code
8QF72PMM+M7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7038058932
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Wiki­data ID
Q716999
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Satellite Map

Discover Kŏnsŏl from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Kŏnsŏl” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “建設”
  • Chinese: “建設站”
  • Chinese: “建设站”
  • Dutch: “Kŏnsŏl Station”
  • Esperanto: “Konsol”
  • French: “Construction”
  • French: “Kŏnsŏl”
  • German: “Metrostation Kŏnsŏl”
  • Hungarian: “Konszol állomás”
  • Japanese: “建設”
  • Japanese: “建設駅”
  • Korean: “건설”
  • Korean: “건설역”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Konsol stasjon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Konsol undergrunnsbanestasjon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Konsol”
  • Norwegian: “Konsol undergrunnsbanestasjon”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Kŏnsŏl (mètro de Pyeongyang)”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Kŏnsŏl”
  • Polish: “Kŏnsŏl”
  • Russian: “Консоль”
  • Vietnamese: “Kiến Thiết”
  • Yue Chinese: “建設站”

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Highlights include 건설역 and KWP Scientists Apartment.

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