Ongpyong station
Ongp'yŏng 옥평 | ||||||||||||
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| Korean name | ||||||||||||
| Hangul | 옥평역 | |||||||||||
| Hanja | ||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Okpyeong-yeok | |||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Okp'yŏng-yŏk | |||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||
| Location | Ongp'yŏng-dong, Munch'ŏn-si, Kangwŏn North Korea | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°17′14′′N 127°18′19′′E / 39.2871°N 127.3053°E / 39.2871; 127.3053 | |||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||
| Opened | 21 July 1916 | |||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | |||||||||||
| Previous names | Munch'ŏn station 문천역 (文川駅) | |||||||||||
| Original company | Chosen Government Railway | |||||||||||
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Ongp'yŏng station is a railway station in Ongp'yŏng-dong, greater Munch'ŏn city, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Munch'ŏn Port Line to Koam.[1]
History
[edit ]Originally called Munch'ŏn station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 문천역; Hanja: 文川駅), the station, along with the rest of the Ongp'yŏng–Kowŏn–Kŭmya section of the former Hamgyŏng Line, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 21 July 1916,[2] while the Munch'ŏn Port Line was opened on 17 December 1943 by the Chosen Anthracite Company as a privately owned railway.[3] This line, like all other railway lines in North Korea, was nationalised after the Second World War, becoming part of the Korean State Railway.;[1] the station received its current name after that.
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ 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, pp 498–501, 504–505 (in Japanese)
- ^ 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 5070, 27 December 1943
