Namp'o station is a railway station in
Hanggu-guyŏk,
Namp'o
Nampo (North Korean official spelling: Nampho; ), also spelled Namp'o, is a major city in North Korea which is the country's fourth-largest by population. The city is an important seaport in the country as it lies on the northern shore of the T ...
Special City,
North Korea
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on the
P'yŏngnam Line of the
Korean State Railway
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History
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, as well as the starting point of the
Tojiri Line.
There is an engine house northwest of the station in Munhwa-dong, Hanggu-guyŏk.
History
Originally called Chinnamp'o station, it was opened by the
Chosen Government Railway
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, along with the rest of the mainline of the P'yŏngnam Line, on 16 October 1910.
In July 1938, the
Chosen P'yŏngan Railway (, ''Chōsen Heian Tetsudō''; , ''Chosŏn P'yŏngan Ch'ŏldo'') opened a -long line from Namp'o to
P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn to serve the
hot spring
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s there.
In December 2022, a new station building was completed.
Services
This is a very busy station, serving North Korea's busiest port in terms of international import-export shipping,
as well as the Namp'o base of the
Korean People's Navy
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There are some 780 vessels including 70 midget submarines (including the Yono-cla ...
and a coal loading dock.
A number of passenger trains also serve the station. These are:
* Semi-express trains 146-147/148-149 between
Sinŭiju Ch'ŏngnyŏn on the
P'yŏngŭi Line and Namp'o via
P'yŏngyang
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;
* Regional trains 226-227/228-229 between Tŏkch'ŏn on the
P'yŏngdŏk Line
The P'yŏngdŏk Line is an electrified standard-gauge trunk line of the Korean State Railway in North Korea running from Taedonggang Station in Pyongyang, P'yŏngyang, where it connects to the Pyongbu Line, P'yŏngbu, Pyongnam Line, P'yŏngnam, ...
and P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn via P'yŏngyang and Namp'o;
* Regional trains 225/230 between
Potonggang and
P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn via Namp'o;
* Regional trains 240-241/242-243 between
Haeju Ch'ŏngnyŏn on the
Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line and Namp'o via P'yŏngyang.
* Local trains 361/362, operating between Namp'o and
Ch'ŏlgwang, running from Namp'o to
Sillyŏngri on the P'yŏngnam Line and continuing to Ch'ŏlgwang via the
Sŏhae Kammun Line.
Due to the poor state of the tracks, at present the travel time for trains between P'yŏngyang and Namp'o is around three hours.
References
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Railway stations in North Korea opened in 1910