Hakpo station

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]

Hakp'o

학포
Korean name
Hangul
학포역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHakpo-yeok
McCune–ReischauerHakp'o-yŏk
General information
LocationHakp'o-ri,
Hoeryŏng-si, North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates42.5942°N 129.7585°E / 42.5942; 129.7585
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened5 January 1920
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Sinjŏn
towards Rajin
 Hambuk Line Sinhakp'o
towards Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn

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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