Kanpyong station
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Kanp'yŏng 간평 | |||||||||||
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 Kanp'yŏng station | |||||||||||
| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 간평역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | |||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Ganpyeong-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Kanp'yŏng-yŏk | ||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Hoeryŏng-si, North Hamgyŏng North Korea | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 5 January 1920 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
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Kanp'yŏng station is a railway station in Hoeryŏng-si, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway.[1][page needed]
History[edit]
It was opened by the Tomun Railway Company on 5 January 1920, together with the rest of the Hoeryŏng-Sangsambong section of their line (Hoeryŏng-Tonggwanjin), which on 1 April 1929 was nationalised and became the West Tomun Line of the Chosen Government Railway.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato (January 2007). 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
- ^ Japanese Government Railways (1937). 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] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company. pp. 498–501, 504–505.
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