Kwangchon station

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]

For the station in South Korea, see Gwangcheon station.
Kwangch'ŏn

광천
Korean name
Hangul
광천역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGwangcheon-yeok
McCune–ReischauerKwangch'ŏn-yŏk
General information
LocationKwangch'ŏn-dong,
Tanch'ŏn,
South Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates40.5619°N 128.9944°E / 40.5619; 128.9944
Owned byKorean State Railway
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2 (+ 3 sidings)
History
Opened30 March 1943
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
Unjŏn
toward Muhak
Kŭmgol Line
Kaŭng
toward Yŏhaejin

References
  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  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)


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