Nampo Station (Pyongnam Line)

Namp'o
남포
Korean name
Hangul 남포역
Hanja 南浦驛
Revised Romanization Nampo-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Namp'o-yŏk
General information
Location Hanggu-guyŏk,
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
Platforms 3 (1 island)
Tracks 9
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
TerminusTojiri Branch
Terminus
Namp'ohang Branch
Terminus

Namp'o Station is a railway station in Hanggu-guyŏk, 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] and there is an engine house northwest of the station in Munhwa-dong, Hanggu-guyŏk.

This is a very busy station, serving North Korea's busiest port in terms of international import-export shipping,[2] as well as the Namp'o base of the Korean People's Navy and a coal loading dock.[3]

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.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 86. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. ↑ "P'yŏngnam Line". The traffic and geography in North Korea (in Korean).
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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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