Anbyon station

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]

Anbyŏn 안변
Korean name
Hangul	안변역
Hanja	安邊驛
Revised Romanization	Anbyeon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Anbyŏn-yŏk
General information
Location	Anbyŏn-ŭp, Anbyŏn County Kangwŏn Province North Korea
Coordinates	39°2′52″N 127°30′1″E
Owned by	Korean State Railway
Line(s)	Kangwŏn Line Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
History
Opened	16 August 1914
Electrified	yes
Original company	Chosen 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)

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]

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. "ROK woman tourist shot dead at DPRK resort". China Daily. July 12, 2008. Archived from the original on April 27, 2010. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
3. "경영원칙 > 경영공시 > 영업현황 > 영업거리현황". Korail. Retrieved 2015-09-17.