Tonggwangryang station

Tonggwangryang station, or East Kwangryang station is a railway station in Porim-rodongjagu, Onch'ŏn-gun, Namp'o Special City, North Korea on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

East Kwangryang

동광량
Korean name
Hangul
동광량역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationDonggwangnyang-yeok
McCune–ReischauerTonggwangryang-yŏk
General information
LocationPorim-rodongjagu, Onch'ŏn-gun,
Namp'o-tŭkpyŏlsi
North Korea
Coordinates38°47′32″N 125°15′35″E / 38.7922°N 125.2597°E / 38.7922; 125.2597
Owned byKorean State Railway
Platforms1
Tracks2 + 1 siding
History
OpenedJuly 1938
Electrifiedno
Original companyChosen P'yŏngan Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
West Kwangryang P'yŏngnam Line Sillyŏngri
towards Namp'o

History

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The station was opened by the Chosen P'yŏngan Railway (Japanese: 朝鮮平安鉄道, Chōsen Heian Tetsudō; Korean: 조선평안철도, Chosŏn P'yŏngan Ch'ŏldo) in July 1938 as part of a 34.7 km (21.6 mi)-long line from Namp'o to P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 86. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Gazette of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa No. 3447, 14 July 1938