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Railway station in North Korea
Kŭmbonggang
금봉강
Korean name
Hangul금봉강역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGeumbonggang-yeok
McCune–ReischauerKŭmbonggang-yŏk
General information
LocationP'aech'ŏl-li
T'ongch'ŏn,
Kangwŏn Province
North Korea
Coordinates39°01′31″N 127°46′58″E / 39.0253°N 127.7827°E / 39.0253; 127.7827
Owned byKorean State Railway
Line(s)Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
History
Opened21 July 1931
Electrifiedyes
Previous namesP'aech'ŏn
Original companyChosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Myŏnggotowards Anbyŏn Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Sijunghotowards Jejin (ROK)

Kŭmbonggang station is a railway station in P'aech'ŏl-li, T'ongch'ŏn county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea on the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.

History

The station, originally called P'aech'ŏn station was opened on 21 July 1931 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the second section of the original Tonghae Pukpu Line from Hŭpkok (nowadays Myŏnggo) to T'ongch'ŏn (nowadays Tonghae).

References

  1. Road map of Korea, North and South, published December 2010 by Freytag and Berndt, Vienna, Austria, ISBN 978-3-7079-0974-6
  2. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
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