Songhak station is a railway station in Songhang-ri, Kyŏnghŭng county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Ch'undu Line.[1]
Songhak 송학 | ||||||||||||||||
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Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
Hangul | 송학역 | |||||||||||||||
Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Songhak-yeok | |||||||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Songhak-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Songhang-ri, Kyŏnghŭng, North Hamgyŏng North Korea | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°33′31″N 130°22′07″E / 42.5585°N 130.3686°E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Hambuk Line | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 16 November 1929 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
Original company | Chosen Government Railway | |||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||
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The station was opened on 16 November 1929 by the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) as part of the East Tomun Line from Unggi (now Sŏnbong) to Sinasan, which was later extended to Tonggwanjin.[2]
References
edit- ^ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 93. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
- ^ 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)