Kwangbok Station

Kwangbok Station
광복역
Location Mangyongdae-guyok, Pyongyang
 North Korea
Coordinates 39°2′1.7″N 125°41′32.8″E / 39.033806°N 125.692444°E / 39.033806; 125.692444Coordinates: 39°2′1.7″N 125°41′32.8″E / 39.033806°N 125.692444°E / 39.033806; 125.692444
Line(s)
  Hyŏksin Line
Platforms 1
Tracks 2
History
Opened 9 September 1978
Services
Preceding station   Pyongyang Metro   Following station
TerminusHyŏksin Line
toward Ragwŏn

Kwangbok Station is a station on Hyŏksin Line of the Pyongyang Metro.[1]

The station features a golden statue of Kim Il-sung as well as murals depicting slogan trees – trees engraved with revolutionary slogans from the time of the anti-Japanese struggle.[2] One of these, an embossed mural 70 times four meters in size, is called Lake Samji in Spring.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "the pyongyang metro statistics". pyongyang-metro.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Davies, Elliott (16 April 2016). "I was part of the first group of outsiders allowed to ride the entire North Korean subway system — here's what I saw". Business Insider. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  3. ↑ The Pyongyang Metro. Pyongyang: Korea Pictorial. 2004. p. [33]. No. 406173.
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