Yŏnggwang 영광 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 영광역 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Yeonggwang-yeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏnggwang-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Yŏnggwang-ŭp, Yŏnggwang-gun, South Hamgyŏng North Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°1′21″N 127°27′42″E / 40.02250°N 127.46167°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island, 1435 mm) 1 (762 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 (1435 mm), 2 (762 mm), 6 (transloading yard) | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 10 June 1923 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Oro | |||||||||||||||
| Original company | Sinhŭng Railway | |||||||||||||||
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Yŏnggwang station is a railway station in Yŏnggwang-ŭp, Yŏnggwang county, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea on the Sinhŭng Line of the Korean State Railway, and is the starting point of the narrow gauge Changjin Line.[1] There are facilities for servicing the locomotives and rolling stock of the narrow gauge line here, as well as a six-track transloading yard between the standard and narrow gauge lines.
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6