Mun'ak station is a railway station in Mun'ak-tong, Manp'o municipal city, Chagang Province, North Korea, on the Pukbunaeryuk Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the An'gol Line.[1]
Mun'ak 문악 | ||||||||||||||||
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Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
Hangul | 문악역 | |||||||||||||||
Hanja | 文岳驛 | |||||||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Munak-yeok | |||||||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Munak-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Mun'ak-tong, Manp'o-si, Chagang Province North Korea | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°12′41″N 126°18′54″E / 41.2114°N 126.3150°E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Pukbunaeryuk Line | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1959 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||
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History
editThe station was opened in 1959 by the Korean State Railway, along with the rest of the original Unbong Line from Hyesan to Manp'o; much of this line was absorbed into the Pukpu Line in 1988.[2]
References
edit- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p.91 ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ 북부철길 전철화, 동아일보, 1992 January 30