Samjiyon Motka station

{{Short description|Railway station in North Korea}} {{Infobox station | name = Motka | native_name = 못가 | native_name_lang = ko | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | mlanguage = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes | hangul = 못가역 | hanja = 못가{{linktext|驛}} | mr = Motka-yŏk | rr = Motga-yeok }} | borough = Chunghŭng-rodongjagu, <br/>[[Samjiyon|Samjiyŏn-si]], <br/>[[Ryanggang Province|Ryanggang]] | country = [[North Korea]] | platform = | tracks = | connections = | opened = 1948 | closed = 1994 | rebuilt = | electrified = yes | owned = [[Korean State Railway]] | original = | coordinates = | services = {{adjacent stations|system=KSR |line1=Samjiyon Line|left1=|right1=Samjiyon}} }}

'''Motka station''' is a [[railway station]] in Chunghŭng-rodongjagu, [[Samjiyon|Samjiyon City]], [[Ryanggang Province|Ryanggang]] province, [[North Korea]], on the [[Samjiyon Line|Samjiyŏn Line]] of the [[Korean State Railway]].<ref name="Hayato">Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), {{ISBN|978-4-10-303731-6}}</ref>

==History== The station, along with the rest of the Samjiyŏn Line, was opened by the Korean State Railway in 1948.<ref>[http://www.cybernk.net/infoText/InfoHumanCultureDetail.aspx?mc=CC0501&sc=A33005001&tid=CC040100007874&direct=1&direct=1 북한지역정보넷 - 삼지연선]</ref> Extensive flooding in 1994 led to the closure of the line, and the station has since been out of use.<ref name="2012stop">[http://www.dailynk.com/korean/read.php?cataId=nk04500&num=77344 北 자재난 심각…2012년 국책사업 줄줄이 ‘중단’], 《데일리NK》, 2009.10.09.</ref> It is to be the terminus of the standard gauge replacement for the closed narrow gauge line.<ref>[http://www.rfa.org/korean/in_focus/food_international_org/railroad-06102015094416.html 북, 외화벌이 급해 북부 윤환선 포기], 《자유아시아방송》, 2015.06.10.</ref> <ref>[http://www.rfa.org/korean/in_focus/ne-ms-03102016085133.html] 5월 1일에 표준궤로 소위 "백두산관광철도" 라는 이름으로 재개통을 위해 공사를 진행하고 있는 것으로 알려져 있다. <<자유아시아방송>> , 2016.03.10 </ref>

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