Munchon station

{{Short description|Railway station in North Korea}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Munch'ŏn

| native_name = 문천

| native_name_lang = ko

| image =

| image_size =

| image_caption =

| mlanguage = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes

| hangul = 문천역

| hanja = {{linktext|文|川|驛}}

| mr = Munch'ŏn-yŏk

| rr = Muncheon-yeok

}}

| borough = Munch'ŏn-dong,
Munch'ŏn-si,
Kangwŏn

| country = North Korea

| platform =

| tracks =

| connections =

| opened = 1 August 1915

| closed =

| rebuilt =

| electrified = yes

| owned = Korean State Railway

| former =

| coordinates = {{coord|39.2346|127.3553|type:railwaystation_region:KP|display=inline,title}}

| services = {{adjacent stations|system=KSR|line=Kangwon Line|left=Okpyong|right=Segil}}

}}

Munch'ŏn station ({{Korean|문천역|context=north}}) is a railway station in Munch'ŏn-dong, greater Munch'ŏn city, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.{{cite book| last=Kokubu| first=Hayato| title=将軍様の鉄道| publisher=Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō| isbn=978-4-10-303731-6}}{{page needed|date=August 2016}} Originally called Munp'yŏng station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 문평역; Hanja: 文坪驛), the station, along with the rest of the Okp'yŏng–Wŏnsan section of the former Hamgyŏng Line, was opened by the Japanese on 1 August 1915.{{cite book| author=Japanese Government Railways| title=鉄道停車場一覧 昭和12年10月1日現在| trans-title=The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937| publisher=Kawaguchi Printing Company| location=Tokyo| year=1937| pages=498–501, 504–505| language=Japanese}} It received its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.

This station serves the Munp'yŏng smelter and the May 18th Works factory.{{cite web| work=The traffic and geography in North Korea| url=http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2090782&cid=44454&categoryId=44461| title=Kangwŏn Line| language=Korean}}