Hakpo station

Railway station in North Korea

Hakp'o

학포
Korean name
Hangul
학포역
Hanja
鶴浦驛
Revised RomanizationHakpo-yeok
McCune–ReischauerHakp'o-yŏk
General information
LocationHakp'o-ri,
Hoeryŏng-si, North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Sinjŏn
towards Rajin
Hambuk Line Sinhakp'o
towards Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn

Hakp'o station is a railway station in Hakp'o-ri, greater Hoeryŏng city, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

History

It was opened by the Tomun Railway Company on 5 January 1920, together with the rest of the Hoeryŏng–Sangsambong section of their line (Hoeryŏng–Tonggwanjin), which on 1 April 1929 was nationalised and became the West Tomun Line of the Chosen Government Railway.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. ^ Japanese Government Railways (1937). 鉄道停車場一覧 昭和12年10月1日現在 [The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company.
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