Amrokkang station explained

Amrokkang
Native Name:압록강
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:압록강역
Mr:Amrokkang-yŏk
Rr:Amnoggang-yeok
Borough:Hoan,
Sup'ung-rodongjagu,
Sakchu-gun,
North P'yŏngan
Country:North Korea
Tracks:2
Opened:27 September 1939
Map Type:North Korea
Electrified:no
Owned:Korean State Railway
Former:Sup'ung Hoan
수풍호안 (水豊湖岸)
Original:Pyeongbuk Railway

Amrokkang station is a freight-only railway station of the Korean State Railway in Hoan, Sup'ung Workers' District, Sakchu County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea; it is the terminus of the Amrokkang Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

History

Amrokkang station, originally called Sup'ung Hoan station, was opened along with the rest of the Amrokkang Line (then called the Sup'ung Hoan Line) by the P'yŏngbuk Railway on 30 September 1940.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),
  2. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 4114, 7 October 1940