Namp'o station is a railway station in
Hanggu-guyŏk,
Namp'o
Nampo (North Korean official spelling: Nampho; ), also spelled Namp'o, is the second largest city by population and an important seaport in North Korea, which lies on the northern shore of the Taedong River, 15 km east of the river's mouth. ...
Special City,
North Korea
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on the
P'yŏngnam Line
The P'yŏngnam Line is an electrified standard-gauge trunk line of the Korean State Railway in North Korea, linking P'yŏngyang with the port city of Namp'o and the hot springs at P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn. The length of the line is .Kokubu, Hayato, ...
of the
Korean State Railway
The Korean State Railway (), commonly called the State Rail () is the operating arm of the Ministry of Railways of North Korea and has its headquarters at P'yŏngyang. The current Minister of Railways is Chang Jun Song.
History
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, as well as the starting point of the
Tojiri Line
The Tojiri Line is a non-electrified secondary railway line of the Korean State Railway in Namp'o Special City, North Korea, from Namp'o on the P'yŏngnam Line to Tojiri.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō)
Service ...
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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, along with the rest of the mainline of the P'yŏngnam Line, on 16 October 1910.
In July 1938, the
Chosen P'yŏngan Railway ( ja, 朝鮮平安鉄道, ''Chōsen Heian Tetsudō''; ko, 조선평안철도, ''Chosŏn P'yŏngan Ch'ŏldo'') opened a -long line from Namp'o to
P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn to serve the
hot spring
A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow bodies of magma (molten rock) or by circ ...
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
The Korean People's Army Naval Force (KPANF; Korean: 조선인민군 해군; Hanja: 朝鮮人民軍 海軍; ''Chosŏn-inmingun Haegun''; ) or the Korean People's Navy (KPN), is the naval service branch of the Korean People's Army, which contain ...
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
The P'yŏngŭi Line is an electrified main trunk line of the Korean State Railway of North Korea, running from P'yŏngyang to Sinŭiju on the border with China.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), It is the main co ...
and Namp'o via
P'yŏngyang
Pyongyang (, , ) is the capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is known as the "Capital of the Revolution". Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 population ...
;
* 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 P'yŏngyang, where it connects to the P'yŏngbu, P'yŏngnam, P'yŏngra and P'yŏngŭi Lines, to ...
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
Railway stations opened in 1910