Ongpyong station explained

Ongp'yŏng
Native Name:옥평
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:옥평역
Mr:Okp'yŏng-yŏk
Rr:Okpyeong-yeok
Borough:Ongp'yŏng-dong,
Munch'ŏn-si,
Kangwŏn
Country:North Korea
Opened:21 July 1916
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway
Former:Munch'ŏn station
문천역 (文川駅)
Original:Chosen Government Railway
Coordinates:39.2871°N 127.3053°W

Ongp'yŏng station is a railway station in Ongp'yŏng-dong, greater Munch'ŏn city, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Munch'ŏn Port Line to Koam.[1]

History

Originally called Munch'ŏn station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 문천역; Hanja: 文川駅), the station, along with the rest of the Ongp'yŏng–Kowŏn–Kŭmya section of the former Hamgyŏng Line, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 21 July 1916,[2] while the Munch'ŏn Port Line was opened on 17 December 1943 by the Chosen Anthracite Company as a privately owned railway.[3] 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] the station received its current name after that.

Notes and References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),
  2. Japanese Government Railways, 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), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, 1937, pp 498–501, 504–505 (in Japanese)
  3. 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 5070, 27 December 1943