Pupung station

Pup'ung station is a railway station of the Korean State Railway in Pup'ung, Sakchu County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, on P'yŏngbuk Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] It is also the starting point of the Sup'ung Line and the Amrokkang Line.

Pup'ung

부풍
Korean name
Hangul
부풍역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBupung-yeok
McCune–ReischauerPup'ung-yŏk
General information
LocationPup'ung,
Sakchu-gun,
North P'yŏngan
North Korea
Coordinates40.4353°N 124.9489°E / 40.4353; 124.9489
Owned byKorean State Railway
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks5
History
Opened27 September 1939
Electrifiedyes
Original companyP'yŏngbuk Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Ch'ŏngsu
Terminus
 P'yŏngbuk Line P'anmak
towards Ch'ŏngju Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Amrokkang
Terminus
 Amrokkang Line Terminus
Sup'ung
Terminus
 Sup'ung Line

History

Pup'ung station, along with the rest of the main line, was opened by the P'yŏngbuk Railway on 27 September 1939.[2]

Services

Pup'ung station is served by six pairs of commuter trains along the Ch'ongsu–Sup'ung–P'ungnyŏn route.[3]

References
  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 3813, 3 October 1939
  3. North Korea Geographic Information: Transportation Geography – P'yŏngbuk Line (in Korean)


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