Tupo station explained

Tup'o
Native Name:두포
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:두포역
Mr:Tup'o-yŏk
Rr:Dupo-yeok
Address:Tup'o-ri,
Kosŏng,
Kangwŏn Province
Country:North Korea
Coordinates:38.8459°N 128.0545°W
Line:Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
Opened:21 May 1932
Former:Tubaek
Original:Chosen Government Railway
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway

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

History

The station, originally called Tubaek station, was opened on 21 May 1932 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the third section of the original Tonghae Pukpu Line from T'ongch'ŏn (nowadays Tonghae) to here.

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),