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Kŭmch'ŏn 금천
Korean name
Hangul	금천역
Hanja	金川驛
Revised Romanization	Geumcheon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Kŭmch'ŏn-yŏk
General information
Location	Kŭmch'ŏn-ŭp, Kŭmch'ŏn County, North Hwanghae Province North Korea
Coordinates	38°09′49″N 126°28′32″E / 38.1635°N 126.4755°E / 38.1635; 126.4755
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	3 April 1908
Electrified	yes
Previous names	Kŭmgyo
Original company	Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Hanp'otowards P'yŏngyang P'yŏngbu Line Kyejŏngtowards Kaesŏng

Kŭmch'ŏn station is a railway station located in Kŭmch'ŏn-ŭp, Kŭmch'ŏn County, North Hwanghae province, North Korea. It is on located on the P'yŏngbu Line, which was formed from part of the Kyŏngŭi Line to accommodate the shift of the capital from Seoul to P'yŏngyang; though this line physically connects P'yŏngyang to Pusan via Dorasan, in operational reality it ends at Kaesŏng due to the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

References

1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6

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