Kanpyong station

Kanp'yŏng

간평
Kanp'yŏng station
Korean name
Hangul
간평역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGanpyeong-yeok
McCune–ReischauerKanp'yŏng-yŏk
General information
LocationHoeryŏng-si, North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
OwnerKorean State Railway
History
Opened5 January 1920
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Sambong
towards Rajin
 Hambuk Line Sinjŏn
towards Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Location

Kanp'yŏng station is a railway station in Hoeryŏng-si, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway.[page needed]

History

It was opened by the Tomun Railway Company on 5 January 1920, together with the rest of the Hoeryŏng-Sangsambong section of their line (Hoeryŏng-Tonggwanjin), which on 1 April 1929 was nationalised and became the West Tomun Line of the Chosen Government Railway.

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato (January 2007). 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). 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] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company. pp. 498–501, 504–505.