Sambong station

Sambong station is a railway station in Sambong-rodongjagu, Onsŏng County, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

Sambong

삼봉
A 500 series EMU pulling a mixed train at Sambong station
Korean name
Hangul
삼봉역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSambong-yeok
McCune–ReischauerSambong-yŏk
General information
LocationSambong-rodongjagu,
Onsŏng, North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened5 January 1920
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Chongsŏng
towards Rajin
 Hambuk Line Kanp'yŏng
towards Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn

History

Originally called Sangsambong station (Upper Sambong station), it was opened by the Tomun Railway Company on 5 January 1920, together with the rest of the Hoeryŏng–Sangsambong section of their line (Hoeryŏng–Tonggwanjin), which on 1 April 1929 was nationalised and became the West Tomun Line of the Chosen Government Railway.[2] It received its current name after Hasambong station (Lower Sambong station) was closed in 1933, making the "Upper" prefix redundant.

References
  1. Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 93. 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] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company. pp. 498–501, 504–505.

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