Opa station explained

Ŏp'a
Native Name:어파
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:어파역
Mr:Ŏp'a-yŏk
Rr:Eopa-yeok
Borough:Ŏp'a-rodongjagu,
P'yŏngwŏn,
South P'yŏngan
Country:North Korea
Opened:5 November 1905
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway

Ŏp'a station is a railway station in Ŏp'a-rodongjagu, P'yŏngwŏn County, South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea. It is on located on the P'yŏngŭi line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

History

The station was opened on 5 November 1905 along with the rest of this section of the Kyŏngŭi Line, from which the P'yŏngŭi Line was formed after the division of Korea in 1945. A pro-independence demonstration against the Japanese occupation of Korea of about a thousand people took place in front of the station on 7 March 1919.

References

39.3272°N 125.6508°W

Notes and References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),