Nampo station (Pyongnam Line)


Namp'o station is a railway station in Hanggu-guyŏk, Namp'o Special City, North Korea on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway, 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, along with the rest of the mainline of the P'yŏngnam Line, on 16 October 1910.
In July 1938, the Chosen P'yŏngan Railway opened a -long line from Namp'o to P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn to serve the hot springs there.

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 and a coal loading dock.
A number of passenger trains also serve the station. These are:
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.