Anbyon station

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Anbyŏn station is a railway station in Anbyŏn-ŭp, Anbyŏn County in Kangwŏn province, North Korea. It is located on the Kangwŏn Line, which connects Kowŏn to P'yŏnggang, and is the start of the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line, which runs to the Mount Kŭmgang Tourist Region and continues south across the DMZ to Chejin in South Korea,[1] although the section between Kŭmgangsan and Chejin has been out of service since 2008.[2]

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Anbyŏn

안변
Korean name
Hangul
안변역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationAnbyeon-yeok
McCune–ReischauerAnbyŏn-yŏk
General information
LocationAnbyŏn-ŭp,
Anbyŏn County
Kangwŏn Province
North Korea
Coordinates39°2′52″N 127°30′1″E
Owned byKorean State Railway
Line(s)Kangwŏn Line
Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
History
Opened16 August 1914
Electrifiedyes
Original companyChosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Paehwa
towards Kowŏn
Kangwŏn Line Namsan
towards P'yŏnggang
Terminus Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Ogye
towards Jejin (ROK)
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History

The station, along with the rest of the former Kyŏngwŏn Line, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) on 16 August 1914.[3] The first section of the former Tonghae Pukpu Line, from Anbyŏn to Hŭpkok (nowadays called Myŏnggo), was opened by Sentetsu on 1 September 1929. After the partition of Korea following the Pacific War, the section of the Tonghae Pukpu line from Anbyŏn to Kamho fell within North Korea, and was renamed Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line.[1]

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