Hwado station

Hwado 화도
Korean name
Hangul	화도역
Hanja	花島驛
Revised Romanization	Hwado-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Hwado-yŏk
General information
Location	Hwado-ri, Onch'ŏn-gun, Namp'o-tŭkpyŏlsi North Korea
Coordinates	38.8216°N 125.2183°E / 38.8216; 125.2183
Owned by	Korean State Railway
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
History
Opened	July 1938
Electrified	no
Original company	Chosen P'yŏngan Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Rosang towards P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn P'yŏngnam Line West Kwangryang towards Namp'o

Hwado station is a railway station in Hwado-ri, Onch'ŏn county, Namp'o Special City, North Korea on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

History

The station was opened by the Chosen P'yŏngan Railway (Japanese: 朝鮮平安鉄道, Chōsen Heian Tetsudō; Korean: 조선평안철도, Chosŏn P'yŏngan Ch'ŏldo) in July 1938 as part of a 34.7 km (21.6 mi)-long line from Namp'o to P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn.[2]

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 86. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
2. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Gazette of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa No. 3447, 14 July 1938