Munchon Station

Munch'ŏn
문천
Korean name
Hangul 문천역
Hanja 文川驛
Revised Romanization Muncheon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Munch'ŏn-yŏk
General information
Location Munch'ŏn-dong,
Munch'ŏn-si,
Kangwŏn
North Korea
Coordinates 39°14′05″N 127°21′19″E / 39.2346°N 127.3553°E / 39.2346; 127.3553Coordinates: 39°14′05″N 127°21′19″E / 39.2346°N 127.3553°E / 39.2346; 127.3553
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 1 August 1915
Electrified yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
toward Kowŏn
Kangwŏn Line
toward P'yŏnggang

Munch'ŏn Station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 문천역) is a railway station in Munch'ŏn-dong, greater Munch'ŏn city, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] Originally called Munp'yŏng Station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 문평역; Hanja: 文坪驛), the station, along with the rest of the Okp'yŏng–Wŏnsan section of the former Hamgyŏng Line, was opened by the Japanese on 1 August 1915.[2] It received its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.

This station serves the Munp'yŏng smelter and the May 18th Works factory.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ Japanese Government Railways, 鉄道停車場一覧 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, 1937, pp 498–501, 504–505 (in Japanese)
  3. ↑ The traffic and geography in North Korea: Kangwŏn Line (in Korean)


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