Unpa Station

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Ŭnp'a
은파
Korean name
Hangul 은파역
Hanja 銀 波 驛
Revised Romanization Eunpa-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Ŭnp'a-yŏk
General information
Location Ŭnp'a-ŭp,
Ŭnp'a-gun,
South Hwanghae
North Korea
Owned by Korean State Railway
Platforms 4 (2 islands)
Tracks 6
History
Opened 1 October 1944
Original company Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station  Korean State Railway  Following station
Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
toward  Ch'ŏlgwang
Ŭnnyul Line Terminus

Ŭnp'a Station is a railway station in Ŭnp'a-ŭp, Ŭnp'a County, South Hwanghae Province, North Korea, on the Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway. It is also the eastern terminus of the Ŭnnyul Line. [1]

Unpa County County in North Hwanghae Province, North Korea

Ŭnp'a County is a county in North Hwanghae province, North Korea.

South Hwanghae Province Province in Haeso, North Korea

South Hwanghae Province is a province in western North Korea. The province was formed in 1954 when the former Hwanghae Province was split into North and South Hwanghae. The provincial capital is Haeju.

North Korea Sovereign state in East Asia

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

Ŭnp'a Station was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 October 1944, along with the rest of the standard-gauge Hwanghae Main Line. [2]

Chosen Government Railway

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.

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References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN   978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 5286, 15 September 1944

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