Amrokkang station is a freight-only railway station of the Korean State Railway in Hoan, Sup'ung Workers' District, Sakchu County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea; it is the terminus of the Amrokkang Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
Amrokkang 압록강 | |||||||||||
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Korean name | |||||||||||
Hangul | 압록강역 | ||||||||||
Hanja | |||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Amnoggang-yeok | ||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Amrokkang-yŏk | ||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Hoan, Sup'ung-rodongjagu, Sakchu-gun, North P'yŏngan North Korea | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°27′30″N 124°58′09″E / 40.4582°N 124.9693°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 27 September 1939 | ||||||||||
Electrified | no | ||||||||||
Previous names | Sup'ung Hoan 수풍호안 (水豊湖岸) | ||||||||||
Original company | Pyeongbuk Railway | ||||||||||
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History
editAmrokkang station, originally called Sup'ung Hoan station, was opened along with the rest of the Amrokkang Line (then called the Sup'ung Hoan Line) by the P'yŏngbuk Railway on 30 September 1940.[2]
References
edit- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 4114, 7 October 1940