Namhung station

Namhŭng station is a railway station in Namhŭng, Pakch'ŏn County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea. It is the terminus of the Namhŭng Line.[1]

Namhŭng

남흥
Korean name
Hangul
남흥역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationNamheung-yeok
McCune–ReischauerNamhŭng-yŏk
General information
LocationNamhŭng,
Pakch'ŏn County,
North P'yŏngan Province
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
Platforms3 (1 island)
Tracks5
History
Opened1976
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Songdo
towards Maengjungri
 Namhŭng Line Terminus

History

The station was opened by the Korean State Railway in 1976 to serve the Namhŭng Youth Chemical Complex opened that year,[2] located just east of Namhŭng station, which is extensively served by rail.

Between 2006 and 2010, the station's tracks were electrified, and around 2009 a servicing facility for the diesel locomotives used to shunt the yard and move cars between the station and the chemical plant were built here.[3]

References
  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. (10 April 2014). "North Korea's Namhung Youth Chemical Complex: Seven Years of Construction Pays Off". US-Korea Institute at SAIS. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  3. The Namhung Industrial Area: Overview

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