Kŭmch'ŏn 금천 | |||||||||||
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Korean name | |||||||||||
Hangul | 금천역 | ||||||||||
Hanja | 金 川 驛 | ||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Geumcheon-yeok | ||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Kŭmch'ŏn-yŏk | ||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Kŭmch'ŏn-ŭp, Kŭmch'ŏn County, North Hwanghae Province North Korea | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°09′49″N126°28′32″E / 38.1635°N 126.4755°E Coordinates: 38°09′49″N126°28′32″E / 38.1635°N 126.4755°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 3 April 1906 | ||||||||||
Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
Previous names | Kŭmgyo | ||||||||||
Original company | Chosen Government Railway | ||||||||||
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Kŭmch'ŏn Station is a railway station located in Kŭmch'ŏn-ŭp, Kŭmch'ŏn County, North Hwanghae province, North Korea. [1] It is on located on the P'yŏngbu Line, which was formed from part of the Kyŏngŭi Line to accommodate the shift of the capital from Seoul to P'yŏngyang; though this line physically connects P'yŏngyang to Pusan via Dorasan, in operational reality it ends at Kaesŏng due to the Korean Demilitarized Zone. [1]
Kŭmch'ŏn County is a county in the North Hwanghae province of North Korea. It has a population of 68,216.
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Originally called Kŭmgyo Station, it was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 3 April 1906.
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