Sinnampo station explained

Sinnamp'o
Native Name:신남포
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:신남포역
Mr:Sinnamp'o-yŏk
Rr:Sinnampo-yeok
Borough:Hanggu-guyŏk,
Namp'o-tŭkpyŏlsi
Country:North Korea
Platform:1
Tracks:5
Opened:after 1953
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway
Coordinates:38.7555°N 125.3968°W

Sinnamp'o station is a freight-only railway station in Hanggu-guyŏk, Namp'o Special City, North Korea, on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Namp'ohang Line.[1]

The station was opened by the Korean State Railway after the end of the Korean War, at the same time as the Nampo'hang Line, to serve glass factories and shipbuilders located in the area.[2] This station also serves the Ch'ŏnji Lubricant Factory and the Pyonghwa Motors factory.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. 86. 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 .