Tup'o

두포
Korean name
Hangul
두포역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationDupo-yeok
McCune–ReischauerTup'o-yŏk
General information
LocationTup'o-ri,
Kosŏng,
Kangwŏn Province
North Korea
Coordinates38°50′45″N 128°03′16″E / 38.8459°N 128.0545°E / 38.8459; 128.0545
Owned byKorean State Railway
Line(s)Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
History
Opened21 May 1932
Electrifiedyes
Previous namesTubaek
Original companyChosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Ryŏmsŏng
towards Anbyŏn
 Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Nam'ae
towards Jejin (ROK)

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

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

  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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