Kwangchon station
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Kwangch'ŏn 광천 | |||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 (+ 3 sidings) | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 30 March 1943 | ||||||||||
Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
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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 Yongjam station (Chosōn'gŭl: 용잠역; Hanja: 龍岑驛), receiving its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.[3]
References
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ The traffic and geography in North Korea: Kŭmgol Line (in Korean)
- ^ 朝鮮総督部官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor–General of Korea), Shōwa No. 4854, 9 April 1943 (in Japanese)