Kwangmyŏng station (Korean: 광명역) is a railway station in Kwangmyŏng-ri, Kosan county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
Kwangmyŏng 광명 | |||||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 광명역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | |||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Gwangmyeong-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Kwangmyŏng-yŏk | ||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Kwangmyŏng-ri, Kosan, Kangwŏn North Korea | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°58′44″N 127°24′38″E / 38.9788°N 127.4106°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 16 August 1914 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
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Originally called Sŏgwangsa station (Korean: 석왕사역; Hanja: 釋王寺驛), the station, along with the rest of the former Kyŏngwŏn Line, was opened by the Japanese on 16 August 1914.[2] It was given its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.
References edit
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ "경영원칙 > 경영공시 > 영업현황 > 영업거리현황". Korail. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
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