Kwangbok Station 광복역 | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Mangyongdae-guyok, Pyongyang Democratic People's Republic of Korea | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°2′1.7″N 125°41′32.8″E / 39.033806°N 125.692444°E / 39.033806; 125.692444 | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 9 September 1978 | ||||||||||
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Kwangbok Station (Korean: 광복역; Hanja: 光復驛) is the western terminus station on Hyŏksin Line of the Pyongyang Metro.
The station features a golden statue of Kim Il Sung as well as murals depicting slogan trees – trees engraved with revolutionary slogans from the time of the anti-Japanese struggle. One of these, an embossed mural 70 times four meters in size, is called Lake Samji in Spring.
References
- "the pyongyang metro statistics". pyongyang-metro.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- Davies, Elliott (16 April 2016). "I was part of the first group of outsiders allowed to ride the entire North Korean subway system — here's what I saw". Business Insider. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- The Pyongyang Metro. Pyongyang: Korea Pictorial. 2004. p. . No. 406173.
External links
- Media related to Kwangbok station (Pyongyang Metro) at Wikimedia Commons
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