Namp'ohang station is a freight-only railway station in Haean-dong, Hanggu-guyŏk, Namp'o Special City, North Korea. It is the terminus of the Namp'ohang Line from Namp'o on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
Namp'ohang 남포항 | |||||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 남포항역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | |||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Nampohang-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Namp'ohang-yŏk | ||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Haean-dong, Hanggu-guyŏk, Namp'o-tŭkpyŏlsi North Korea | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | after 1953 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
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The station was opened by the Korean State Railway after the end of the Korean War[2] to serve a petroleum storage tank farm, the Namp'o Glass Bottle Factory,[3] and the Namp'o Shipyard complex.[4]
References edit
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato (January 2007). 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 86. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
- ^ "P'yŏngnam Line". The traffic and geography in North Korea (in Korean).
- ^ "북한 군수공장 시리즈 11: 님퍼특별시에 소재한 군수공장 및 시설. North Korean Military Factory Series 11: Military Factories and Facilities in Namp'o Special City (in Korean)". Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ "북한지역정보넷".
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