Tupo station
Appearance
Tup'o 두포 | |||||||||||
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Korean name | |||||||||||
Hangul | 두포역 | ||||||||||
Hanja | |||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Dupo-yeok | ||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Tup'o-yŏk | ||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Tup'o-ri, Kosŏng, Kangwŏn Province North Korea | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°50′45″N 128°03′16″E / 38.8459°N 128.0545°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 21 May 1932 | ||||||||||
Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
Previous names | Tubaek | ||||||||||
Original company | Chosen Government Railway | ||||||||||
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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
[edit]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.
References
[edit]- ^ Road map of Korea, North and South, published December 2010 by Freytag and Berndt, Vienna, Austria, ISBN 978-3-7079-0974-6
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6