Hamhung Station

Hamhŭng
Hamhŭng; 함흥
	The original station building.
Korean name
Hangul	함흥역
Hanja	咸興驛
Revised Romanization	Hamheung-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Hamhŭng-yŏk
General information
Location	Yŏkchŏn 1-dong,; Sŏngch'ŏngang-guyŏk,; Hamhŭng-si,; South Hamgyŏng ; North Korea
Owned by	Korean State Railway
Platforms	4 (2 islands)
Tracks	8
History
Opened	15 December 1919
Electrified	yes
Original company	Chosen Government Railway
Services

Last updated April 05, 2019

Hamhŭng Station is a railway station in Yŏkchŏn 1-dong, Sŏngch'ŏngang-guyŏk, Hamhŭng city, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, located on the P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway;^[1] it is also the starting point of the Sinhŭng Line and the Sŏho Line.^[1] A locomotive depot is located here, and there are spurs to the Hamhŭng Knitwear Factory and the Paekkŭmsan Combined Foodstuffs Factory in Haebit-tong, Sŏngch'ŏngang-guyŏk.

Hamhŭng is North Korea's second largest city, and the capital of South Hamgyŏng Province. In late 2005, nearby Hŭngnam was made a ward (kuyŏk) within Hamhŭng-si. It has a population of 768,551 as of 2008.

South Hamgyong Province is a province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southern half of the former Hamgyong Province, remained a province of Korea until 1945, then became a province of North Korea. Its capital is Hamhung.

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, with Pyongyang the capital and the largest city in the country. The name Korea is derived from Goguryeo which was one of the great powers in East Asia during its time, ruling most of the Korean Peninsula, Manchuria, parts of the Russian Far East and Inner Mongolia, under Gwanggaeto the Great. To the north and northwest, the country is bordered by China and by Russia along the Amnok and Tumen rivers; it is bordered to the south by South Korea, with the heavily fortified Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two. Nevertheless, North Korea, like its southern counterpart, claims to be the legitimate government of the entire peninsula and adjacent islands.

History

The station was originally opened on 15 December 1919 by the Chosen Government Railway as part of the 69.5 km (43.2 mi) Yŏnghŭng (nowadays Kŭmya)–Hamhŭng section of the Hamgyŏng Line.

The Chosen Government Railway was a state-owned railway company in Korea under Japanese rule. It was a department of the Railway Bureau of the Government-General of Korea, whose functions were the management and operation of railways in Korea, as well as the supervision of privately owned railway companies.

Kŭmya Station is a railway station in North Korea. It is located on the P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway, and is the starting point of the Kŭmya Line.

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References

1 2 Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6

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Standard gauge	Hamhŭng Kadam Pumin Changhŭng Yŏnggwang P'ungsang Ch'ŏnbulsan Sinhŭng
Narrow gauge	Sinhŭng Tonghŭng Kyŏnghŭng Songha Songhŭng Pujŏllyŏng Hamjiwŏn Pujŏn Toan Pujŏnhoban