Rakchon station explained

Rakch'ŏn
Native Name:락천
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:락천역
Mr:Rakch'ŏn-yŏk
Rr:Nakcheon-yeok
Borough:Sambang-ri,
Sep'o,
Kangwŏn
Country:North Korea
Opened:16 August 1914
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway
Coordinates:38.7395°N 127.3736°W

Rakch'ŏn station is a railway station in Sambang-ri, Sep'o county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

Originally called Sambang station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 삼방역; Hanja: 三防驛), the station, along with the rest of the former Kyŏngwŏn Line, was opened by the Japanese on 16 August 1914.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),
  2. Web site: 경영원칙 > 경영공시 > 영업현황 > 영업거리현황 . . 2015-09-17.