Hapsu station

Hapsu 합수
Korean name
Hangul	합수역
Hanja	合水驛
Revised Romanization	Hapsu-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Hapsu-yŏk
General information
Location	Paegam, Ryanggang North Korea
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	1 November 1933
Electrified	yes
Previous names	Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Namgye towards Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Yanggok towards Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn

Hapsu station is a railway station in Paegam 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 Kilju–Hapsu section, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 November 1933.[2]

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

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