Kwangmyong Station

For the station in South Korea, see Gwangmyeong Station. For the closed station of the Pyongyang Metro, see Kwangmyŏng Station.
Kwangmyŏng
광명
Korean name
Hangul 광명역
Hanja 光明驛
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 / 38.9788; 127.4106Coordinates: 38°58′44″N 127°24′38″E / 38.9788°N 127.4106°E / 38.9788; 127.4106
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 16 August 1914
Electrified yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
toward Kowŏn
Kangwŏn Line
toward P'yŏnggang

Kwangmyŏng Station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 광명역) is a railway station in Kwangmyŏng-ri, Kosan county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

Originally called Sŏgwangsa Station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 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

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ "경영원칙 > 경영공시 > 영업현황 > 영업거리현황". Korail. Retrieved 2015-09-17.


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