Rakchon station
Railway station in North Korea
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Rakch'ŏn station (Korean: 락천역) is a railway station in Sambang-ri, Sep'o county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
Rakch'ŏn 락천 | |||||||||||
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| Hangul | 락천역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | |||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Nakcheon-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Rakch'ŏn-yŏk | ||||||||||
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| Location | Sambang-ri, Sep'o, Kangwŏn North Korea | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38.7395°N 127.3736°E | ||||||||||
| Owner | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 16 August 1914 | ||||||||||
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Originally called Sambang station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 삼방역; Hanja: 三防驛), the station, along with the rest of the former Kyŏngwŏn Line, was opened by the Japanese on 16 August 1914.[2]
