Kumchon station
Kŭmch'ŏn 금천 | |||||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 금천역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | |||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Geumcheon-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Kŭmch'ŏn-yŏk | ||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Kŭmch'ŏn-ŭp, Kŭmch'ŏn County, North Hwanghae Province North Korea | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°09′49″N 126°28′32″E / 38.1635°N 126.4755°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 3 April 1908 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Kŭmgyo | ||||||||||
| Original company | Chosen Government Railway | ||||||||||
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Kŭmch'ŏn station is a railway station located in Kŭmch'ŏn-ŭp, Kŭmch'ŏn County, North Hwanghae province, North Korea.[1] It is on located on the P'yŏngbu Line, which was formed from part of the Kyŏngŭi Line to accommodate the shift of the capital from Seoul to P'yŏngyang; though this line physically connects P'yŏngyang to Pusan via Dorasan, in operational reality it ends at Kaesŏng due to the Korean Demilitarized Zone.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
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