Kwangch'ŏn | |||||||||
Native Name: | 광천 | ||||||||
Native Name Lang: | ko | ||||||||
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Borough: | Kwangch'ŏn-dong, Tanch'ŏn, South Hamgyŏng | ||||||||
Country: | North Korea | ||||||||
Platform: | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||
Tracks: | 2 (+ 3 sidings) | ||||||||
Opened: | 30 March 1943 | ||||||||
Electrified: | yes | ||||||||
Owned: | Korean State Railway | ||||||||
Coordinates: | 40.5619°N 128.9944°W |
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]