Kwangchon station

Kwangch'ŏn

광천
Korean name
Hangul
광천역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGwangcheon-yeok
McCune–ReischauerKwangch'ŏn-yŏk
General information
LocationKwangch'ŏn-dong,
Tanch'ŏn,
South Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates40°33′43″N 128°59′40″E / 40.5619°N 128.9944°E / 40.5619; 128.9944
OwnerKorean State Railway
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2 (+ 3 sidings)
History
Opened30 March 1943
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Unjŏn
towards Muhak
Kumgol Line Kaŭng
towards Yŏhaejin
Location

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. It was opened on 30 March 1943 along with the rest of the Yŏhaejin–Tongam section of the line; the station was originally called Yongjam station (Chosōn'gŭl: 용잠역; Hanja: 龍岑驛), receiving its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.

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)