Kowon station

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]

Kowŏn 고원
Korean name
Hangul	고원역
Hanja	高原驛
Revised Romanization	Kowon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Kowŏn-yŏk
General information
Location	Kowŏn-ŭp, Kowŏn, South Hamgyŏng North Korea
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	21 September 1916
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Puraesan towards P'yŏngyang P'yŏngra Line Hyŏnhŭng towards Rajin Terminus Kangwŏn Line Chŏnt'an towards P'yŏnggang

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 September 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)

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