Yonggwang station (South Hamgyong)

Yŏnggwang station is a railway station in Yŏnggwang-ŭp, Yŏnggwang county, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea on the Sinhŭng Line of the Korean State Railway, and is the starting point of the narrow gauge Changjin Line.[1] There are facilities for servicing the locomotives and rolling stock of the narrow gauge line here, as well as a six-track transloading yard between the standard and narrow gauge lines.

Yŏnggwang

영광
Korean name
Hangul
영광역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYeonggwang-yeok
McCune–ReischauerYŏnggwang-yŏk
General information
LocationYŏnggwang-ŭp,
Yŏnggwang-gun,
South Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates40.0218°N 127.4612°E / 40.0218; 127.4612
Owned byKorean State Railway
Platforms2 (1 island, 1435 mm)
1 (762 mm)
Tracks3 (1435 mm),
2 (762 mm),
6 (transloading yard)
History
Opened10 June 1923
Electrifiedyes
Previous namesOro
Original companySinhŭng Railway
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
P'ungsang
toward Sinhŭng
Sinhŭng Line (1435 mm)
toward Hamhŭng
Tongyang
toward Sasu
Changjin LineTerminus

History

The station, originally called Oro station, was opened on 10 June 1923 by the Sinhŭng Railway as part of the 17.0 km (10.6 mi) first section of its Hamnam Line between Hamhŭng and Yonggwang. The Sinhŭng Railway was bought and absorbed by the Chosen Railway on 22 April 1938.[2] It received its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.

References
  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 3385, 3 May 1938


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