Munch'ŏn Station

Munch'ŏn 문천
Korean name
Hangul	문천역
Hanja	文川驛
Revised Romanization	Muncheon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Munch'ŏn-yŏk
General information
Location	Munch'ŏn-dong, Munch'ŏn-si, Kangwŏn North Korea
Coordinates	39°14′05″N 127°21′19″E / 39.2346°N 127.3553°ECoordinates: 39°14′05″N 127°21′19″E / 39.2346°N 127.3553°E
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	1 August 1915
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Okp'yŏng toward Kowŏn Kangwŏn Line Tŏgwŏn toward P'yŏnggang

Munch'ŏn Station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 문천역) is a railway station in Munch'ŏn-dong, greater Munch'ŏn city, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.^[1] Originally called Munp'yŏng Station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 문평역; Hanja: 文坪驛), the station, along with the rest of the Okp'yŏng–Wŏnsan section of the former Hamgyŏng Line, was opened by the Japanese on 1 August 1915.^[2] It received its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.

This station serves the Munp'yŏng smelter and the May 18th Works factory.^[3]

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
2. Japanese Government Railways (1937). 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] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company. pp. 498–501, 504–505.
3. "Kangwŏn Line". The traffic and geography in North Korea (in Korean).