Kanp'yŏng station is a railway station in Hoeryŏng-si, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway.[1][page needed]

Kanp'yŏng

간평
Kanp'yŏng station
Korean name
Hangul
간평역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGanpyeong-yeok
McCune–ReischauerKanp'yŏng-yŏk
General information
LocationHoeryŏng-si, North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened5 January 1920
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Sambong
towards Rajin
Hambuk Line Sinjŏn

History edit

It was opened by the Tomun Railway Company on 5 January 1920, together with the rest of the Hoeryŏng-Sangsambong section of their line (Hoeryŏng-Tonggwanjin), which on 1 April 1929 was nationalised and became the West Tomun Line of the Chosen Government Railway.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato (January 2007). 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. ^ Japanese Government Railways (1937). 鉄道停車場一覧 昭和12年10月1日現在 [The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company. pp. 498–501, 504–505.