Ongp'yŏng | |||||||||
Native Name: | 옥평 | ||||||||
Native Name Lang: | ko | ||||||||
Mlanguage: |
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Borough: | Ongp'yŏng-dong, Munch'ŏn-si, Kangwŏn | ||||||||
Country: | North Korea | ||||||||
Opened: | 21 July 1916 | ||||||||
Electrified: | yes | ||||||||
Owned: | Korean State Railway | ||||||||
Former: | Munch'ŏn station 문천역 (文川駅) | ||||||||
Original: | Chosen Government Railway | ||||||||
Coordinates: | 39.2871°N 127.3053°W |
Ongp'yŏng station is a railway station in Ongp'yŏng-dong, greater Munch'ŏn city, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Munch'ŏn Port Line to Koam.[1]
Originally called Munch'ŏn station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 문천역; Hanja: 文川駅), the station, along with the rest of the Ongp'yŏng–Kowŏn–Kŭmya section of the former Hamgyŏng Line, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 21 July 1916,[2] while the Munch'ŏn Port Line was opened on 17 December 1943 by the Chosen Anthracite Company as a privately owned railway.[3] This line, like all other railway lines in North Korea, was nationalised after the Second World War, becoming part of the Korean State Railway.;[1] the station received its current name after that.