Hakpo Station

Hakp'o
학포

Hakp'o station
Korean name
Hangul 학포역
Hanja
Revised Romanization Hakpo-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Hakp'o-yŏk
General information
Location Hakp'o-ri,
Hoeryŏng-si, North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates 42°35′39″N 129°45′31″E / 42.5942°N 129.7585°E / 42.5942; 129.7585Coordinates: 42°35′39″N 129°45′31″E / 42.5942°N 129.7585°E / 42.5942; 129.7585
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 5 January 1920
Electrified yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
Sinjŏn
toward Rajin
Hambuk Line
Sinhakp'o

Hakp'o Station is a railway station in Hakp'o-ri, greater Hoeryŏng city, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

History

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

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. Japanese Government Railways, 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), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, 1937 (Japanese)
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