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P'unggye station is a railway station in P'unggye-ri, Kilju county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

P'unggye 풍계
Korean name
Hangul	풍계역
Hanja	豊溪驛
Revised Romanization	Punggye-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	P'unggye-yŏk
General information
Location	P'unggye-ri, Kilju, North Hamgyŏng North Korea
Coordinates	41.1316°N 129.1630°E / 41.1316; 129.1630
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	1 November 1933
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Chaedŏk towards Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Sŏnghu towards Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn

The station, along with the rest of the Kilju–Hapsu section, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway (朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 November 1933.[2]

On 9 October 2006 an underground nuclear test was conducted at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, causing the closure of the line for 3–4 months.[3]

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