Simpori station

Simp'o-ri station is a railway station in Simp'o-ri, Unhŭng county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

Simp'o-ri

심포리
Korean name
Hangul
심포리역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSimpo-ri-yeok
McCune–ReischauerSimp'o-ri-yŏk
General information
LocationSimp'o-ri,
Unhŭng,
Ryanggang
North Korea
Coordinates41.3712°N 128.3798°E / 41.3712; 128.3798
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1 November 1937
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Taeoch'ŏn
towards Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn
 Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Poan
towards Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn

The station, along with the rest of the Pongdu-ri–Hyesanjin section, was opened by the Government Railways of Chosen(朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 November 1937.[2]

On 9 October 2006 an underground nuclear test was conducted at P'unggye-ri in Kilju County, causing the closure of the line for 3–4 months.[3]

Talc, kaolin and magnesite are shipped from here.[4]

References
  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. Japanese Government Railways (1937), 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo
  3. 核실험 후 4개월간 길주-혜산 봉쇄
  4. The traffic and geography in North Korea: Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line (in Korean)


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