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(Redirected from Sopo Station) Railway station in Pyongyang, North Korea
Sŏp'o
서포
Korean name
Hangul서포역
Hanja西
Revised RomanizationSeopo-yeok
McCune–ReischauerSŏp'o-yŏk
General information
LocationSŏp'o-dong,
Hyongjesan-guyŏk,
P'yŏngyang
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1 April 1908
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
West P'yŏngyangtowards P'yŏngyang P'yŏngra Line Kallitowards Rajin
Kallitowards Dandong (China) P'yŏngŭi Line West P'yŏngyangtowards P'yŏngyang

Sŏp'o station is a railway station in Sŏp'o-dong, Hyongjesan-guyŏk, P'yŏngyang, North Korea. It is on located on the P'yŏngra and P'yŏngŭi lines of the Korean State Railway.

History

The station was opened on 1 April 1908, along with the rest of the former Kyŏngŭi Line, from which the P'yŏngŭi line was formed after the division of Korea.

Operations

There is an international cargo terminal at the station, which handles international freight traffic between P'yŏngyang and China. All passenger trains heading to and from P'yŏngyang on the P'yŏngra and P'yŏngŭi lines pass through this station.


References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
P'yŏngŭi Line
Mainline
P'yŏngra Line
Mainline

39°05′19″N 125°44′05″E / 39.08861°N 125.73472°E / 39.08861; 125.73472


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