Sunchon station
Sunchon station is a railway station in Sunch'ŏn municipal city, South P'yŏngan province, North Korea on the P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Manp'o Line.[1]
Sunch'ŏn 순천 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 순천역 | |||||||||||||||
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| Revised Romanization | Suncheon-yeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Sunch'ŏn-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Sunch'ŏn, South P'yŏngan Province North Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°25′22″N 125°56′12″E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | P'yŏngra Line Manp'o Line | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 October 1928 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
| Original company | Chosen Government Railway | |||||||||||||||
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History
The station was opened on 15 October 1928 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the second section of the former P'yŏngwŏn Line from P'yŏngsŏng to Sunch'ŏn; this later became part of the P'yŏngra Line.
References
- Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
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