Sinnamp'o station is a freight-only railway station in Hanggu-guyŏk, Namp'o Special City, North Korea, on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Namp'ohang Line.[1]
Sinnamp'o 신남포 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 신남포역 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Sinnampo-yeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Sinnamp'o-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Hanggu-guyŏk, Namp'o-tŭkpyŏlsi North Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°45′20″N 125°23′48″E / 38.7555°N 125.3968°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | after 1953 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
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The station was opened by the Korean State Railway after the end of the Korean War, at the same time as the Nampo'hang Line, to serve glass factories and shipbuilders located in the area.[2] This station also serves the Ch'ŏnji Lubricant Factory and the Pyonghwa Motors factory.[3]
References
edit- ^ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 86. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
- ^ "P'yŏngnam Line". The traffic and geography in North Korea (in Korean).
- ^ "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.
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