Yonpo station

Yŏnp'o station is a railway station in Yŏnp'o-ri, Manp'o municipal city, Chagang Province, North Korea, on the Pukbunaeryuk Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

Yŏnp'o

연포
Yŏnp'o station
Korean name
Hangul
연포역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYeonpo-yeok
McCune–ReischauerYŏnp'o-yŏk
General information
LocationYŏnp'o-ri,
Manp'o-si,
Chagang Province
North Korea
Coordinates41.2768°N 126.3674°E / 41.2768; 126.3674
Owned byKorean State Railway
Line(s)Pukbunaeryuk Line
History
Opened1959
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Mun'ak
towards Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn
 Pukbunaeryuk Line Rimt'o
towards Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn

History

The station was opened in 1959 by the Korean State Railway, along with the rest of the original Unbong Line from Hyesan to Manp'o; much of this line was absorbed into the Pukpu Line in 1988.[2]

References
  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p.91 ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. 북부철길 전철화, 동아일보, 1992 January 30


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