Rangrim Station
Rangrim 랑림 | |||||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 랑림역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | 狼林驛 | ||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Rangnim-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Rangrim-yŏk | ||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location |
Rangrim-ŭp, Rangrim County Chagang Province North Korea | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°58′03″N 127°07′34″E / 40.9674°N 127.1262°ECoordinates: 40°58′03″N 127°07′34″E / 40.9674°N 127.1262°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |
Manp'o Line Kanggye Line | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1940s | ||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Rangrim Station is a railway station in Rangrim-ŭp, Rangrim County, Chagang Province, North Korea, the terminus of the narrow-gauge Kanggye Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
History
Rangrim Station, originally called Tongmun'gŏri Station (동문거리(東門巨里)), was opened along with the rest of the Kanggye Line by the Korean State Railway in the late 1940s. It received its current name in 1953.[2]
References
- ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ↑ http://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Contents/Index?contents_id=E0000983 Encyclopedia of Korean Culture - 강계선
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