Ŏp'a

어파
Korean name
Hangul
어파역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationEopa-yeok
McCune–ReischauerŎp'a-yŏk
General information
LocationŎp'a-rodongjagu,
P'yŏngwŏn,
South P'yŏngan
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened5 November 1905
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Sukch'ŏn
towards Dandong (China)
 P'yŏngŭi Line Sŏgam
towards P'yŏngyang

Ŏp'a station is a railway station in Ŏp'a-rodongjagu, P'yŏngwŏn County, South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea. It is on located on the P'yŏngŭi line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

History

The station was opened on 5 November 1905 along with the rest of this section of the Kyŏngŭi Line, from which the P'yŏngŭi Line was formed after the division of Korea in 1945. A pro-independence demonstration against the Japanese occupation of Korea of about a thousand people took place in front of the station on 7 March 1919.

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6

39°19′38″N 125°39′3″E / 39.32722°N 125.65083°E / 39.32722; 125.65083

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