Kwangmyong Station (Kosan County)

Kwangmyŏng 광명
Korean name
Hangul	광명역
Hanja	光明驛
Revised Romanization	Gwangmyeong-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Kwangmyŏng-yŏk
General information
Location	Kwangmyŏng-ri, Kosan, Kangwŏn North Korea
Coordinates	38°58′44″N 127°24′38″E / 38.9788°N 127.4106°ECoordinates: 38°58′44″N 127°24′38″E / 38.9788°N 127.4106°E
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	16 August 1914
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Namsan toward Kowŏn Kangwŏn Line Ryongjiwŏn toward P'yŏnggang

Kwangmyŏng Station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 광명역) is a railway station in Kwangmyŏng-ri, Kosan county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.^[1]

Originally called Sŏgwangsa Station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 석왕사역; Hanja: 釋王寺驛), the station, along with the rest of the former Kyŏngwŏn Line, was opened by the Japanese on 16 August 1914.^[2] It was given its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. "경영원칙 > 경영공시 > 영업현황 > 영업거리현황". Korail. Retrieved 2015-09-17.