Nampohang Station

Namp'ohang
남포항
Korean name
Hangul 남포항역
Hanja
Revised Romanization Nampohang-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Namp'ohang-yŏk
General information
Location Namp'o-tŭkpyŏlsi
North Korea
Owned by Korean State Railway
Electrified yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
Terminus
Namp'ohang BranchTerminus

Namp'ohang Station is a freight-only railway station in Namp'o Special City, North Korea. It is the terminus of a branchline from Namp'o on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

This is a very busy station, serving North Korea's busiest port in terms of international import-export shipping.[2]

References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. The traffic and geography in North Korea: P'yŏngnam Line(in Korean)

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