Munchon station

Munch'ŏn station (Korean: 문천역) is a railway station in Munch'ŏn-dong, greater Munch'ŏn city, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] Originally called Munp'yŏng station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 문평역; Hanja: 文坪驛), the station, along with the rest of the Okp'yŏng–Wŏnsan section of the former Hamgyŏng Line, was opened by the Japanese on 1 August 1915.[2] It received its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.

Munch'ŏn

문천
Korean name
Hangul
문천역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMuncheon-yeok
McCune–ReischauerMunch'ŏn-yŏk
General information
LocationMunch'ŏn-dong,
Munch'ŏn-si,
Kangwŏn
North Korea
Coordinates39.2346°N 127.3553°E / 39.2346; 127.3553
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1 August 1915
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Ongp'yŏng
towards Kowŏn
 Kangwŏn Line Segil
towards P'yŏnggang

This station serves the Munp'yŏng smelter and the May 18th Works factory.[3]

References
  1. Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. Japanese Government Railways (1937). 鉄道停車場一覧 昭和12年10月1日現在 [The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company. pp. 498–501, 504–505.
  3. "Kangwŏn Line". The traffic and geography in North Korea (in Korean).
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