Sonbong station

Sŏnbong station is a railway station in Sŏnbong-ŭp, Sŏnbong, Rason Special City, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Sŭngri branch to Sŭngri.[1]

Sŏnbong

선봉
Korean name
Hangul
선봉역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeonbong-yeok
McCune–ReischauerSŏnbong-yŏk
General information
LocationSŏnbong-ŭp,
Sŏnbong,
Rasŏn T'ŭkpyŏlsi,
North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates42.3527°N 130.3794°E / 42.3527; 130.3794
Owned byKorean State Railway
Line(s)Hambuk Line
History
Opened16 November 1929
Electrifiedyes
Previous namesUnggi
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Tongsŏnbong
towards Rajin
Hambuk Line Kwan'gok
Sŭngri
Terminus
Sŭngri Line Terminus

The station was opened on 16 November 1929 by the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) at the same time as the mainline from Unggi (now Sŏnbong) to Sinasan.[2]

References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. 조선총독부관보 昭和 제669호, 1929년 3월 28일자, 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 669, 28 March 1929 (in Japanese)


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