Kwangchon station explained

Kwangch'ŏn
Native Name:광천
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:광천역
Mr:Kwangch'ŏn-yŏk
Rr:Gwangcheon-yeok
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 YŏhaejinTongam 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]

Notes and References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),
  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)