Kwangchon Station

Kwangch'ŏn
광천
Korean name
Hangul 광천역
Hanja 廣泉驛
Revised Romanization Gwangcheon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Kwangch'ŏn-yŏk
General information
Location Kwangch'ŏn-dong,
Tanch'ŏn,
South Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates 40°33′43″N 128°59′40″E / 40.5619°N 128.9944°E / 40.5619; 128.9944Coordinates: 40°33′43″N 128°59′40″E / 40.5619°N 128.9944°E / 40.5619; 128.9944
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 30 March 1943
Electrified yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
toward Muhak
Kŭmgol Line
toward Yŏhaejin

Kwangch'ŏn Station is a railway station in Kwangch'ŏn-dong, greater Tanch'ŏn city, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Kŭmgol Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] It was opened on 30 March 1943 along with the rest of the Yŏhaejin–Tongam section of the line;[2] the station was originally called Ryongjam Station (Chosōn'gŭl: 룡잠역; Hanja: 龍岑驛), receiving its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ The traffic and geography in North Korea: Kŭmgol Line (in Korean)
  3. ↑ 朝鮮総督部官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor–General of Korea), Shōwa No. 4854, 9 April 1943 (in Japanese)


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