Kwangmyong station (Kosan County)

Kwangmyŏng station (Korean: 광명역) is a railway station in Kwangmyŏng-ri, Kosan county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

Kwangmyŏng

광명
Korean name
Hangul
광명역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGwangmyeong-yeok
McCune–ReischauerKwangmyŏng-yŏk
General information
LocationKwangmyŏng-ri,
Kosan,
Kangwŏn
North Korea
Coordinates38.9788°N 127.4106°E / 38.9788; 127.4106
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened16 August 1914
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Namsan
towards Kowŏn
Kangwŏn Line Ryongjiwŏn
towards P'yŏnggang

Originally called Sŏgwangsa station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 석왕사역; Hanja: 釋王寺驛), the station, along with the rest of the former Kyŏngwŏn Line, was opened by the Japanese on 16 August 1914.[2] It was given 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. "경영원칙 > 경영공시 > 영업현황 > 영업거리현황". Korail. Retrieved 2015-09-17.


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