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Hamhung Station

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Hangul
  
함흥역

Revised Romanization
  
Hamheung-yeok

Owned by
  
Korean State Railway

Hanja
  
咸興驛

McCune–Reischauer
  
Hamhŭng-yŏk

Hamhung Station

Location
  
Yŏkchŏn 1-dong, Sŏngch'ŏngang-guyŏk, Hamhŭng-si, South Hamgyŏng North Korea

Hamhŭng Station is a railway station in Yŏkchŏn 1-dong, Sŏngch'ŏngang-guyŏk, Hamhŭng city, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, located on the P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Sinhŭng Line. A locomotive depot is located here, and there are spurs to the Hamhŭng Knitwear Factory and the Paekkŭmsan Combined Foodstuffs Factory in Haebit-tong, Sŏngch'ŏngang-guyŏk.

History

The station was originally opened on 15 December 1919 by the Chosen Government Railway as part of the 69.5 km (43.2 mi) Yŏnghŭng (nowadays Kŭmya)–Hamhŭng section of the Hamgyŏng Line.

References

Hamhung Station Wikipedia