Amrokkang Station

Amrokkang
압록강
Korean name
Hangul 압록강역
Hanja 鴨緑江驛
Revised Romanization Amnoggang-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Amrokkang-yŏk
General information
Location Hoan,
Sup'ung-rodongjagu,
Sakchu-gun,
North P'yŏngan
North Korea
Owned by Korean State Railway
Tracks 2
History
Opened 27 September 1939
Electrified no
Previous names Sup'ung Hoan
대관리 (鴨緑江)
Original company Pyeongbuk Railway
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
TerminusAmrokkang Line
Terminus

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]

History

Amrokkang 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

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 4114, 7 October 1940

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