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Opa station

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

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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

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  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