Munch'ŏn station (Korean: 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][page needed] 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.
Munch'ŏn 문천 | |||||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 문천역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 August 1915 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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This station serves the Munp'yŏng smelter and the May 18th Works factory.[3]
References edit
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
- ^ Japanese Government Railways (1937). 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] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company. pp. 498–501, 504–505.
- ^ "Kangwŏn Line". The traffic and geography in North Korea (in Korean).
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