Okpyong Station

Okp'yŏng 옥평
Korean name
Hangul	옥평역
Hanja	玉坪驛
Revised Romanization	Okpyeong-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Okp'yŏng-yŏk
General information
Location	Okp'yŏng-dong, Munch'ŏn-si, Kangwŏn North Korea
Coordinates	39°17′14″N 127°18′19″E / 39.2871°N 127.3053°ECoordinates: 39°17′14″N 127°18′19″E / 39.2871°N 127.3053°E
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	21 July 1916
Electrified	yes
Previous names	Munch'ŏn Station 문천역 文川駅
Original company	Chosen Anthracite Co.
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Ryongdam toward Kowŏn Kangwŏn Line Munch'ŏn toward P'yŏnggang Terminus Koam Branch Koam Terminus

Okp'yŏng Station is a railway station in Okp'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 Koam Branch to Koam.^[1]

History

Originally called Munch'ŏn Station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 문천역; Hanja: 文川駅), the station, along with the rest of the Okp'yŏng-Kowŏn-Kŭmya section of the former Hamgyŏng Line, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 21 July 1916,^[2] while the branch to Koam 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

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