Munmu station is a railway station located in Munmu-ri, Sŏhŭng County, North Hwanghae province, North Korea.[1] It is on located on the P'yŏngbu Line, which was formed from part of the Kyŏngŭi Line to accommodate the shift of the capital from Seoul to P'yŏngyang; though this line physically connects P'yŏngyang to Pusan via Dorasan, in operational reality it ends at Kaesŏng due to the Korean Demilitarized Zone.[1]
Munmu 문무 | |||||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 문무역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | |||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Munmu-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Munmu-yŏk | ||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Munmu-ri, Sŏhŭng County, North Hwanghae Province North Korea | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 December 1939 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Munmuri | ||||||||||
| Original company | Chosen Government Railway | ||||||||||
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History
editThe station, originally called Munmuri station, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 December 1939.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b 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. 3855, 25 November 1939
38°25′11″N 126°13′49″E / 38.4197°N 126.2302°E
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