Dorasan Station

Dorasan Station is a railway station in Paju, Gyeonggi. Dorasan Station is situated nearby to Dorasan Peace Park, as well as near the border checkpoint Gyeongui Line Inter-Korean Transit Office.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dorasan and Dorasan Observatory.

Dorasan

Railway station

Photo: Hyolee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dorasan station is a railway station situated on the Gyeongui–Jungang Line, which formerly connected North Korean and South Korean rail systems and has since been restored.

Dorasan Observatory

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: 책읽는달팽, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dora Observatory is on the South Korean side of the 38th parallel. Situated on top of Dorasan in Paju, the observatory provides scenic views across the Demilitarized Zone. Dorasan Observatory is situated 1¼ km north of Dorasan Station.

Tunnel Number 3

Photo: Josh Berglund, CC BY 2.0.

The Third Tunnel of Aggression is one of four known tunnels under the border between North Korea and South Korea, extending south of Panmunjom. Tunnel Number 3 is situated 2 km northwest of Dorasan Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Daeseong-dong and Kijong-dong.

Daeseong-dong

Village

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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 6 km northwest of Dorasan Station.

Kijong-dong

Hamlet

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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. Kijong-dong is situated 7 km northwest of Dorasan 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.

Dorasan Station

Type: Railway station
Categories: building and transportation
Location: Paju, Gyeonggi, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

37.89862° or 37° 53′ 55″ north

Longitude

126.70988° or 126° 42′ 36″ east

Open location code

8Q98VPX5+CX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 181444733

OpenStreetMap feature

building=train_station

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In Other Languages

“Dorasan Station” goes by many names.

Korean: “도라산역”

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Notable Places Nearby

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