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Railway station in North Korea
East Kwangryang
동광량
Korean name
Hangul동광량역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationDonggwangnyang-yeok
McCune–ReischauerTonggwangryang-yŏk
General information
LocationPorim-rodongjagu, Onch'ŏn-gun,
Namp'o-tŭkpyŏlsi
North Korea
Coordinates38°47′32″N 125°15′35″E / 38.7922°N 125.2597°E / 38.7922; 125.2597
Owned byKorean State Railway
Platforms1
Tracks2 + 1 siding
History
OpenedJuly 1938
Electrifiedno
Original companyChosen P'yŏngan Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
West Kwangryangtowards P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn P'yŏngnam Line Sillyŏngritowards Namp'o

Tonggwangryang station, or East Kwangryang station is a railway station in Porim-rodongjagu, Onch'ŏn-gun, Namp'o Special City, North Korea on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway.

History

The station was opened by the Chosen P'yŏngan Railway (Japanese: 朝鮮平安鉄道, Chōsen Heian Tetsudō; Korean: 조선평안철도, Chosŏn P'yŏngan Ch'ŏldo) in July 1938 as part of a 34.7 km (21.6 mi)-long line from Namp'o to P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn.

References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 86. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Gazette of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa No. 3447, 14 July 1938
P'yŏngnam Line
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