Rangrim station
Railway station in North Korea
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Rangrim station is a railway station in Rangrim-ŭp, Rangrim County, Chagang Province, North Korea, the terminus of the narrow-gauge Kanggye Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
Rangrim 랑림 | |||||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 랑림역 | ||||||||||
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| Revised Romanization | Rangnim-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Rangrim-yŏk | ||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Rangrim-ŭp, Rangrim County Chagang Province North Korea | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40.9674°N 127.1262°E | ||||||||||
| Owner | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| Lines | Manp'o Line Kanggye Line | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1948 | ||||||||||
| Former names | Tongmun'gŏri (동문거리 (東門巨里)) | ||||||||||
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History
Rangrim station, originally called Tongmun'gŏri station (동문거리 (東門巨里)), was opened along with the rest of the Kanggye Line by the Korean State Railway in 1948. It received its current name in 1953.[2]
