Kanp'yŏng Station

Kanp'yŏng 간평
Kanp'yŏng station
Korean name
Hangul	간평역
Hanja	間坪驛
Revised Romanization	Ganpyeong-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Kanp'yŏng-yŏk
General information
Location	Hoeryŏng-si, North Hamgyŏng North Korea
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	5 January 1920
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Sambong toward Rajin Hambuk Line Sinjŏn toward Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn

Kanp'yŏng Station is a railway station in Hoeryŏng-si, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway.^[1]

History

It was opened by the Tomun Railway Company on 5 January 1920, together with the rest of the Hoeryŏng-Sangsambong section of their line (Hoeryŏng-Tonggwanjin), which on 1 April 1929 was nationalised and became the West Tomun Line of the Chosen Government Railway.^[2]

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
2. Japanese Government Railways (1937). 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] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company. pp. 498–501, 504–505.