Amrokkang station

Amrokkang

압록강
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
Coordinates	40.4582°N 124.9693°E
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
Location
	Amrokkang Location within North Korea

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

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. 4114, 7 October 1940

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[Hayato-1] Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6

[Showa4114-2] 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 4114, 7 October 1940