Iwon station

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Iwon station
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Korean name
Hangul
이원역
Hanja
伊院驛
Revised Romanization Iwon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Iwŏn-yŏk
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Iwon station is a railway station on the Gyeongbu Line in South Korea. [1] It is located at Gangcheong-ri, Iwon-myeon, Okcheon-gun, Chungcheongbuk Province. It crosses the Gyeongbu Line which is managed by KORAIL. The station also operates trains on an interim basis for a memorial for railroad workers who died, which is located nearby.

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References

  1. Korea Institute of Military History (1997). The Korean War. The Korean War. Korea Institute of Military History. p. 367. Retrieved 27 September 2018.

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