Tân Ấp station

Tân Ấp station is a railway station on the North–South railway (Reunification Express) line in Vietnam. It serves the town of Tân Ấp in Quảng Bình Province.[1] From 1933, the station also served as a terminus of the Tân Ấp–Xóm Cục railway, the only stretch of railway opened as part of the aborted Thakhek–Tân Ấp railway.

Tân Ấp

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LocationTân Ấp
Quảng Bình Province
Vietnam
Coordinates18°2′1″N 105°51′15″E
Owned byVietnam Railways
Operated byVietnam Railways
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
Services
Preceding station Vietnam Railways Following station
Đồng Hới
towards Saigon
Reunification Express Vinh
towards Hanoi

It is uncertain when this stretch of railway was closed, but part, if not all of the railway was reopened by North Vietnam in the 1960s as part of their efforts to aid Vietcong guerillas travelling southwards along the Hồ Chí Minh trail, which begins just south of Xóm Cục in the Mụ Giạ Pass.

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