Kwangchon_station

Kwangchon station

Kwangchon station

Railway station in North Korea

For the station in South Korea, see Gwangcheon station.

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]

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References

  1. [1]
    Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. [2]
    The traffic and geography in North Korea: Kŭmgol Line (in Korean)
  3. [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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