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. It was opened on 30 March 1943 along with the rest of the
Yŏhaejin–
Tongam section of the line; the station was originally called
Yongjam station (
Chosōn'gŭl: 용잠역;
Hanja: 龍岑驛), receiving its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.
References
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ The traffic and geography in North Korea: Kŭmgol Line (in Korean)
- ^ 朝鮮総督部官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor–General of Korea), Shōwa No. 4854, 9 April 1943 (in Japanese)
