Tupo Station

Tup'o
두포
Korean name
Hangul 두포역
Hanja
Revised Romanization Dupo-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Tup'o-yŏk
General information
Location Tup'o-ri,
Kosŏng,
Kangwŏn Province
North Korea
Coordinates 38°50′45″N 128°03′16″E / 38.8459°N 128.0545°E / 38.8459; 128.0545Coordinates: 38°50′45″N 128°03′16″E / 38.8459°N 128.0545°E / 38.8459; 128.0545
Owned by Korean State Railway
Line(s) Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
History
Opened 21 May 1932
Electrified yes
Previous names Tubaek
Original company Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
toward Anbyŏn
Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
toward Jejin (ROK)

Tup'o Station is a railway station in Tup'o-ri, Kosŏng county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea[1] on the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[2]

History

The station, originally called Tubaek Station, was opened on 21 May 1932 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the third section of the original Tonghae Pukpu Line from T'ongch'ŏn (nowadays Tonghae) to here.

References

  1. Road map of Korea, North and South, published December 2010 by Freytag and Berndt, Vienna, Austria, ISBN 978-3-7079-0974-6
  2. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6


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