Samilpo Station

Samilp'o 삼일포
Korean name
Hangul	삼일포
Hanja	三日浦驛
Revised Romanization	Samilpo-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Samilp'o-yŏk
General information
Location	Samilp'o-ri, Kosŏng, Kangwon Province North Korea
Owned by	Korean State Railway
Line(s)	Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
History
Opened	1 November 1935
Electrified	yes
Original company	Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn toward Anbyŏn Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Kamho toward Jejin (ROK)

Samilp'o Station is a railway station in Samilp'o-ri, Kosŏng county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea^[1] on the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.^[2]

History

The station was opened on 1 November 1935 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the sixth section of the original Tonghae Pukpu Line from Oegŭmgang (nowadays called Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn) to Kansŏng (now in South Korea).

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