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Pyongyang Metro station
Kwangbok Station
광복역
General information
LocationMangyongdae-guyok, Pyongyang
 Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Coordinates39°2′1.7″N 125°41′32.8″E / 39.033806°N 125.692444°E / 39.033806; 125.692444
Platforms1
Tracks2
History
Opened9 September 1978
Services
Preceding station Pyongyang Metro Following station
Terminus Hyoksin Line Konguktowards Ragwon

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

  1. "the pyongyang metro statistics". pyongyang-metro.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. 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.
  3. The Pyongyang Metro. Pyongyang: Korea Pictorial. 2004. p. . No. 406173.

External links

Pyongyang Metro
Chollima Line
Mangyongdae Line
Mainline
Hyoksin Line
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