Hwado station
Appearance
Hwado 화도 | |||||||||||
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Korean name | |||||||||||
Hangul | 화도역 | ||||||||||
Hanja | |||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Hwado-yeok | ||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Hwado-yŏk | ||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Hwado-ri, Onch'ŏn-gun, Namp'o-tŭkpyŏlsi North Korea | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°49′18″N 125°13′06″E / 38.8216°N 125.2183°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | July 1938 | ||||||||||
Electrified | no | ||||||||||
Original company | Chosen P'yŏngan Railway | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Hwado station is a railway station in Hwado-ri, Onch'ŏn county, Namp'o Special City, North Korea on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
History
[edit]The station was opened by the Chosen P'yŏngan Railway (Japanese: 朝鮮平安鉄道, Chōsen Heian Tetsudō; Korean: 조선평안철도, Chosŏn P'yŏngan Ch'ŏldo) in July 1938 as part of a 34.7 km (21.6 mi)-long line from Namp'o to P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 86. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
- ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Gazette of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa No. 3447, 14 July 1938