Nampo station (Pyongnam Line)

Namp'o station is a railway station in Hanggu-guyŏk, Namp'o Special City, North Korea on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway, as well as the starting point of the Tojiri Line.[1] There is an engine house northwest of the station in Munhwa-dong, Hanggu-guyŏk.

Namp'o

남포
Korean name
Hangul
남포역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationNampo-yeok
McCune–ReischauerNamp'o-yŏk
General information
LocationHanggu-guyŏk,
Namp'o-tŭkpyŏlsi
North Korea
Coordinates38.7338°N 125.4123°E / 38.7338; 125.4123
Owned byKorean State Railway
Platforms3 (1 island)
Tracks9
History
Opened16 October 1910
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesChinnamp'o station
Chosŏn'gŭl: 진남포역
Hanja: 鎮南浦駅
Original companyChosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Sinnamp'o
towards P'yŏngyang
P'yŏngnam Line Terminus
Sinnamp'o
Terminus Tojiri Line Tojiri
Terminus

History

Originally called Chinnamp'o station, it was opened by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the mainline of the P'yŏngnam Line, on 16 October 1910.[2]

In July 1938, the Chosen P'yŏngan Railway (Japanese: 朝鮮平安鉄道, Chōsen Heian Tetsudō; Korean: 조선평안철도, Chosŏn P'yŏngan Ch'ŏldo) opened a 34.7 km (21.6 mi)-long line from Namp'o to P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn to serve the hot springs there.[3]

In December 2022, a new station building was completed.[4]

Services

This is a very busy station, serving North Korea's busiest port in terms of international import-export shipping,[5] as well as the Namp'o base of the Korean People's Navy and a coal loading dock.[6]

A number of passenger trains also serve the station. These are:

Due to the poor state of the tracks, at present the travel time for trains between P'yŏngyang and Namp'o is around three hours.[1]

References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 86. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. "朝鮮總督府官報". The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea (Meiji No. 32). 5 October 1910.
  3. "朝鮮總督府官報". The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea (Showa No. 3447). 14 July 1938.
  4. "신남포역사 준공". 조선중앙통신. 2022-12-11.
  5. "P'yŏngnam Line". The traffic and geography in North Korea (in Korean).
  6. "북한 군수공장 시리즈 11: 님퍼특별시에 소재한 군수공장 및 시설. North Korean Military Factory Series 11: Military Factories and Facilities in Namp'o Special City (in Korean)". Retrieved 14 December 2016.
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