Sogwangryang Station

West Kwangryang
서광량
Korean name
Hangul 서광량역
Hanja 西広梁驛
Revised Romanization Seogwangryang-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Sŏgwangryang-yŏk
General information
Location Kŭmgŏng-ri,
Onch'ŏn-gun,
Namp'o-tŭkpyŏlsi
North Korea
Coordinates 38°48′24″N 125°14′47″E / 38.8067°N 125.2464°E / 38.8067; 125.2464Coordinates: 38°48′24″N 125°14′47″E / 38.8067°N 125.2464°E / 38.8067; 125.2464
Owned by Korean State Railway
Platforms 1
Tracks 2
History
Opened July 1938
Electrified no
Original company Chosen P'yŏngan Railway
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
P'yŏngnam Line
toward Namp'o

Sŏgwangryang Station, or West Kwangryang Station is a railway station in Kŭmgŏng-ri, Onch'ŏn county, Namp'o Special City, North Korea on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

History

The station was opened by the Chosen P'yŏngan Railway (Japanese: 朝鮮平安鉄道, Chōsen Heian Tetsudō; Korean: 조선평안철도, Chosŏn P'yŏngan Ch'ŏldo) in July 1938 as part of a 34.7 km (21.6 mi)-long line from Namp'o to P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Gazette of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa No. 3447, 14 July 1938


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