Kowon station

Kowŏn

고원
Korean name
Hangul
고원역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationKowon-yeok
McCune–ReischauerKowŏn-yŏk
General information
LocationKowŏn-ŭp,
Kowŏn,
South Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened21 September 1916
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Puraesan
towards P'yŏngyang
 P'yŏngra Line Hyŏnhŭng
towards Rajin
Terminus Kangwŏn Line Chŏnt'an
towards P'yŏnggang

Kowŏn station is a railway station of the Korean State Railway in Kowŏn-ŭp, Kowŏn County, South Hamgyŏng, North Korea. It is the junction where the P'yŏngra Line, which connects P'yŏngyang to Rajin, meets the Kangwŏn Line running from Kowŏn to P'yŏnggang.[1]

History

Kowŏn station, along with the rest of the Okp'yŏng-Kowŏn-Kŭmya section of the former Hamgyong Line, was opened by the Japanese on 21 September 1916.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ^ Japanese Government Railways, 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), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, 1937, pp 498–501, 504–505 (in Japanese)
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