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Coordinates: 39°26′24″N 127°14′58″E / 39.44000°N 127.24944°E / 39.44000; 127.24944
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Kowŏn

고원
General information
LocationKowŏn-ŭp,
Kowŏn,
South Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened21 July 1916
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
Template:KSR lines
TerminusTemplate:KSR lines

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 July 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)

39°26′24″N 127°14′58″E / 39.44000°N 127.24944°E / 39.44000; 127.24944