Namp'o Station (P'yŏngnam Line)

Namp'o
남포
Korean name
Hangul 남포역
Hanja 南浦驛
Revised Romanization Nampo-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Namp'o-yŏk
General information
Location Namp'o-tŭkpyŏlsi
North Korea
Coordinates 38°44′02″N 125°24′44″E / 38.7338°N 125.4123°E / 38.7338; 125.4123Coordinates: 38°44′02″N 125°24′44″E / 38.7338°N 125.4123°E / 38.7338; 125.4123
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 16 October 1910
Electrified yes
Previous names Chinnamp'o Station
Chosŏn'gŭl: 진남포역
Hanja: 鎮南浦駅
Original company Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
toward P'yŏngyang
P'yŏngnam LineTerminus
Onch'ŏn Branch
TerminusToji-ri Branch
Terminus
Namp'ohang Branch
Terminus

Namp'o Station is a railway station in Namp'o Special City, North Korea; it is the terminus of the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway, and of the Onch'ŏn Branch from P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn. From here there are also two short branchlines, one to Toji-ri, and the other to Namp'o Port Station[1]

Originally called Chinnamp'o Station and later renamed Namp'o Station, it was opened by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the mainline of the P'yŏngnam Line, on 16 October 1910.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. ↑ "朝鮮總督府官報". The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea (Meiji No. 32). 5 October 1910.


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