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Mun'ak station

Coordinates: 41°12′41″N 126°18′54″E / 41.2114°N 126.3150°E / 41.2114; 126.3150
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Mun'ak

문악
Mun'ak Station.
Korean name
Hangul
문악역
Hanja
文岳驛
Revised RomanizationMunak-yeok
McCune–ReischauerMunak-yŏk
General information
LocationMun'ak-tong,
Manp'o-si,
Chagang Province
North Korea
Coordinates41°12′41″N 126°18′54″E / 41.2114°N 126.3150°E / 41.2114; 126.3150
Owned byKorean State Railway
Line(s)Pukbunaeryuk Line
History
Opened1959
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Ch'agap'yŏng Pukbunaeryuk Line Yonpo
Terminus An'gol Line An'gol
Terminus
General view of the station area.

Mun'ak station is a railway station in Mun'ak-tong, Manp'o municipal city, Chagang Province, North Korea, on the Pukbunaeryuk Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the An'gol Line.[1]

History

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The station was opened in 1959 by the Korean State Railway, along with the rest of the original Unbong Line from Hyesan to Manp'o; much of this line was absorbed into the Pukpu Line in 1988.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p.91 ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ^ 북부철길 전철화, 동아일보, 1992 January 30