Sinhung station

Sinhŭng station is a railway station in Sinhŭng-ŭp, Sinhŭng county, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea on the Sinhŭng Line of the Korean State Railway. It is the changing point between the standard and narrow gauge sections of the line.[1] There are facilities for servicing the locomotives and rolling stock of the narrow gauge line here, and there is a short (narrow gauge) branch to P'ungdŏk, an industrial halt in Sinhŭng-rodongjagu.

Not to be confused with Sinheung station.
Sinhŭng

신흥
Korean name
Hangul
신흥역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSinheung-yeok
McCune–ReischauerSinhŭng-yŏk
General information
LocationSinhŭng-ŭp,
Sinhŭng-gun,
South Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates40.2001°N 127.5491°E / 40.2001; 127.5491
Owned byKorean State Railway
Platforms1 (1435 mm)
1 (762 mm)
Tracks3 (1435 mm),
3 (762 mm),
6 (transloading yard)
History
Opened1 October 1926
Electrifiedyes
Previous namesHamnam Sinhŭng
Original companySinhŭng Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Terminus Sinhŭng Line (1435 mm) Ch'ŏnbulsan
towards Hamhŭng
Tonghŭng
towards Pujŏnhoban
 Sinhŭng Line (762 mm) Terminus

History

The station, originally called Hamnam Sinhŭng station, was opened on 1 October 1926 by the Sinhŭng Railway as part of the 15.1 km (9.4 mi) third section of its Hamnam Line between P'ungsang and here. The Sinhŭng Railway was bought and absorbed by the Chosen Railway on 22 April 1938.[2] It received its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.

References
  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 3385, 3 May 1938


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