Anbyon station

Anbyŏn

안변
Korean name
Hangul
안변역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationAnbyeon-yeok
McCune–ReischauerAnbyŏn-yŏk
General information
LocationAnbyŏn-ŭp,
Anbyŏn County
Kangwŏn Province
North Korea
Coordinates39°2′52″N 127°30′1″E / 39.04778°N 127.50028°E / 39.04778; 127.50028
Owned byKorean State Railway
Line(s)Kangwŏn Line
Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
History
Opened16 August 1914
Electrifiedyes
Original companyChosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Paehwa
towards Kowŏn
Kangwŏn Line Namsan
towards P'yŏnggang
Terminus Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Ogye
towards Jejin (ROK)

Anbyŏn station is a railway station in Anbyŏn-ŭp, Anbyŏn County in Kangwŏn province, North Korea. It is located on the Kangwŏn Line, which connects Kowŏn to P'yŏnggang, and is the start of the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line, which runs to the Mount Kŭmgang Tourist Region and continues south across the DMZ to Chejin in South Korea,[1] although the section between Kŭmgangsan and Chejin has been out of service since 2008.[2]

  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ^ "ROK woman tourist shot dead at DPRK resort". China Daily. July 12, 2008. Archived from the original on April 27, 2010. Retrieved December 5, 2016.