Nampohang station explained

Namp'ohang
Native Name:남포항
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:남포항역
Mr:Namp'ohang-yŏk
Rr:Nampohang-yeok
Borough:Haean-dong,
Hanggu-guyŏk,
Namp'o-tŭkpyŏlsi
Country:North Korea
Opened:after 1953
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway

Namp'ohang station is a freight-only railway station in Haean-dong, Hanggu-guyŏk, Namp'o Special City, North Korea. It is the terminus of the Namp'ohang Line from Namp'o on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

The station was opened by the Korean State Railway after the end of the Korean War[2] to serve a petroleum storage tank farm, the Namp'o Glass Bottle Factory,[3] and the Namp'o Shipyard complex.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. January 2007. 86. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. 978-4-10-303731-6. ja.
  2. Web site: The traffic and geography in North Korea. P'yŏngnam Line. Korean.
  3. Web site: 북한 군수공장 시리즈 11: 님퍼특별시에 소재한 군수공장 및 시설. North Korean Military Factory Series 11: Military Factories and Facilities in Namp'o Special City (in Korean) . . 14 December 2016 .
  4. Web site: 북한지역정보넷 .