Kwangbok station
Kwangbok Station 광복역 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Mangyongdae-guyok, Pyongyang Democratic People's Republic of Korea | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°2′1.7″N 125°41′32.8″E / 39.033806°N 125.692444°E | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 9 September 1978 | ||||||||||
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Kwangbok Station (Korean: 광복역; Hanja: 光復驛) is the western terminus station on Hyŏksin Line of the Pyongyang Metro.[1]
The station features a golden statue of Kim Il Sung as well as murals depicting slogan trees – trees engraved with revolutionary slogans from the time of the anti-Japanese struggle.[2] One of these, an embossed mural 70 times four meters in size, is called Lake Samji in Spring.[3]
References
- ^ "the pyongyang metro statistics". pyongyang-metro.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ Davies, Elliott (16 April 2016). "I was part of the first group of outsiders allowed to ride the entire North Korean subway system — here's what I saw". Business Insider. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ The Pyongyang Metro. Pyongyang: Korea Pictorial. 2004. p. [33]. No. 406173.
External links
Media related to Kwangbok station (Pyongyang Metro) at Wikimedia Commons
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