Chongsŏng station is a railway station in Chongsŏng-rodongjagu, Onsŏng County, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the 15.6 km-long branchline to Tongp'o.[1]
Chongsŏng 종성 | ||||||||||||||||
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Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
Hangul | 종성역 | |||||||||||||||
Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Jongseong-yeok | |||||||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Chongsŏng-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Chongsŏng-rodongjagu, Onsŏng, North Hamgyŏng North Korea | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°45′45″N 129°47′24″E / 42.7626°N 129.7901°E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1 December 1922 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
Original company | Tomun Railway | |||||||||||||||
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History
editIt was opened by the Tomun Railway in 1922, together with the rest of the Sangsambong–Chongsŏng section of their line (Hoeryŏng–Tonggwanjin),[2] which on 1 April 1929 was nationalised and became the West Tomun Line of the Chosen Government Railway, and from 1934 to 1940 it was managed by the South Manchuria Railway.[3] Finally, after the partition of Korea it became part of the Korean State Railway.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. 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), Shōwa No. 669, 28 March 1929 (in Japanese)
- ^ "南満州鉄道株式会社全路線". Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2016-11-26.