Sŏngp'yŏng station is a railway station in Kangal-li, Onsŏng County, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea; it is the endpoint of the Sŏngp'yŏng Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
Sŏngp'yŏng 성평역 | |||||||||||
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| Hangul | 성평역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | |||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Seongpyeong-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏngp'yŏng-yŏk | ||||||||||
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| Location | Kangal-li, Onsŏng, North Hamgyŏng North Korea | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 December 1922 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
| Original company | Tomun Railway | ||||||||||
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History
editThe station was opened by the Tomun Railway Company on 1 December 1922, together with the rest of the Sŏngp'yŏng Line as well as the Sangsambong–Chongsŏng section of their mainline from Hoeryŏng to Tonggwanjin. On 1 April 1929 the Tomun Railway was nationalised and became the West Tomun Line of the Chosen Government Railway.[2]
References
edit- ^ Kokubu, Hayato (January 2007). 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 93. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
- ^ "朝鮮総督府官報 昭和 第669号, 1929年 3月 28日". The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea (in Japanese) (Shōwa No. 669). 28 March 1929.