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°22′16″N 128°22′47″E / 41.3712°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

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]

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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