Hapsu station

Hapsu station is a railway station in Paegam county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

Hapsu

합수
Korean name
Hangul
합수역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHapsu-yeok
McCune–ReischauerHapsu-yŏk
General information
LocationPaegam,
Ryanggang
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1 November 1933
Electrifiedyes
Previous namesChosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Namgye Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Yanggok

The station, along with the rest of the Kilju–Hapsu section, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 November 1933.[2]

On 9 October 2006 an underground nuclear test was conducted at Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, close to P'unggye-ri in Kilju County, causing the closure of the line for 3–4 months.[3]

References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (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), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo
  3. 核실험 후 4개월간 길주-혜산 봉쇄

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