Samilpo station explained

Samilp'o
Native Name:삼일포
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:삼일포
Mr:Samilp'o-yŏk
Rr:Samilpo-yeok
Address:Samilp'o-ri,
Kosŏng,
Kangwon Province
Country:North Korea
Coordinates:38.6702°N 128.3222°W
Line:Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
Opened:1 November 1935
Original:Chosen Government Railway
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway

Samilp'o station is a railway station in Samilp'o-ri, Kosŏng county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea[1] on the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[2]

History

The station was opened on 1 November 1935 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the sixth section of the original Tonghae Pukpu Line from Oegŭmgang (nowadays called Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn) to Kansŏng (now in South Korea).

Notes and References

  1. Road map of Korea, North and South, published December 2010 by Freytag and Berndt, Vienna, Austria,
  2. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),