Kowŏn
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Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
Hangul | 고원역 | |||||||||||||||
Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Kowon-yeok | |||||||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Kowŏn-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Kowŏn-ŭp, Kowŏn, South Hamgyŏng North Korea |
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Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 21 July 1916 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
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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.
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 July 1916.
Coordinates: 39°26′24″N 127°14′58″E / 39.44000°N 127.24944°E