Myonggo Station

Myŏnggo
명고
Korean name
Hangul 명고역
Hanja 鳴皐驛
Revised Romanization Myeonggo-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Myŏnggo-yŏk
General information
Location Myŏnggo-ri
T'ongch'ŏn,
Kangwŏn Province
North Korea
Owned by Korean State Railway
Line(s) Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
History
Opened 1 September 1929
Electrified yes
Previous names Hŭpkok
Original company Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
toward Anbyŏn
Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
toward Jejin (ROK)

Myŏnggo Station is a railway station in Myŏnggo-ri, T'ongch'ŏn county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea[1] on the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[2]

History

The station, originally called Hŭpkok Station was opened on 1 September 1929 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the first section of the original Tonghae Pukpu Line from Anbyŏn to here.

References

  1. ↑ Road map of Korea, North and South, published December 2010 by Freytag and Berndt, Vienna, Austria, ISBN 978-3-7079-0974-6
  2. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6


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