Koam station explained

Koam
Native Name:고암
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:고암역
Mr:Koam-yŏk
Rr:Goam-yeok
Borough:Koam-dong,
Munch'ŏn-si,
Kangwŏn
Country:North Korea
Opened:17 December 1943
Owned:Korean State Railway
Original:Chosen Anthracite Co.
Former:Wŏnsanbukhang station
원산북항역
元山北港驛
Coordinates:39.2917°N 127.3788°W

Koam station is a railway station in Koam-dong, greater Munch'ŏn city, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Munch'ŏn Port Line of the Korean State Railway; the branchline connects to the Kangwŏn Line at Okp'yŏng.[1]

History

Originally called Wŏnsanbukhang station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 원산북항역; Hanja: 元山北港驛, "Wonsan north port station"), it was opened, along with the rest of the branch from Okp'yŏng (at the time called Munch'ŏn station), on 17 December 1943 by the Chosen Anthracite Company as a privately owned railway.[2] This line, like all other railway lines in North Korea, was nationalised after the Second World War, becoming part of the Korean State Railway,[1] subsequently receiving its current name.

Notes and References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),
  2. 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 5070, 27 December 1943