Sijungho station

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Sijungho station is a railway station in Songjŏl-li T'ongch'ŏn county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea[1] on the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[2]

Sijungho

시중호
Korean name
Hangul
시중호역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSijungho-yeok
McCune–ReischauerSijungho-yŏk
General information
LocationSongjŏl-li
T'ongch'ŏn,
Kangwŏn Province
North Korea
Coordinates38°59′02″N 127°50′45″E / 38.9838°N 127.8459°E / 38.9838; 127.8459
Owned byKorean State Railway
Line(s)Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
History
Opened21 July 1931
Electrifiedyes
Previous namesSongjŏn
Original companyChosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Kŭmbonggang
towards Anbyŏn
Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line T'ongch'ŏn
towards Jejin (ROK)

History

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The station, originally called Songjŏn station was opened on 21 July 1931 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the second section of the original Tonghae Pukpu Line from Hŭpkok (nowadays Myŏnggo) to T'ongch'ŏn (nowadays Tonghae).

References

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  1. ^ Road map of Korea, North and South, published December 2010 by Freytag and Berndt, Vienna, Austria, ISBN 978-3-7079-0974-6
  2. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6