Ongpyong station

Ongp'yŏng

옥평
Ongp'yŏng; 옥평
Korean name
Hangul	옥평역
Hanja	玉坪驛
Revised Romanization	Okpyeong-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Okp'yŏng-yŏk
General information
Location	Ongp'yŏng-dong,; Munch'ŏn-si,; Kangwŏn; North Korea
Coordinates	39°17′14″N 127°18′19″E / 39.2871°N 127.3053°E / 39.2871; 127.3053
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	21 July 1916
Electrified	yes
Previous names	Munch'ŏn station; 문천역 (文川駅)
Original company	Chosen Government Railway
Services

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.

References

^ a b Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
^ 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)
^ 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 5070, 27 December 1943

[Hayato-1] Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6

[JGRStations-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)

[Showa5070-3] 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 5070, 27 December 1943