Munch'ŏn

문천
Korean name
Hangul
문천역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMuncheon-yeok
McCune–ReischauerMunch'ŏn-yŏk
General information
LocationMunch'ŏn-dong,
Munch'ŏn-si,
Kangwŏn
North Korea
Coordinates39°14′05″N 127°21′19″E / 39.2346°N 127.3553°E / 39.2346; 127.3553
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1 August 1915
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Ongp'yŏng
towards Kowŏn
 Kangwŏn Line Segil
towards P'yŏnggang

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] 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 (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.
  3. ↑ "Kangwŏn Line". The traffic and geography in North Korea (in Korean).
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