Samcheok station

Samcheok Station
Korean name
Hangul	삼척역
Hanja	三 陟 驛
Revised Romanization	Samcheongnyeok
McCune–Reischauer	Samch'ŏngnyŏk
General information
Location	Sajik-dong, Samcheok, Gangwon South Korea
Coordinates	37°25′47.74″N129°10′43.4″E / 37.4299278°N 129.178722°E / 37.4299278; 129.178722
Operated by	Korail
Line(s)	Donghae Line Samcheok Line
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Aboveground
History
Opened	February 11, 1944
Original company	Samcheok Railway

Samcheok Station is a railway station on the Donghae Line and the Samcheok Line in South Korea. ^[1]

History

• February 11, 1944: Commencing operations as a regular station
• June 13, 1958: Construction of the new station is completed.
• September 10, 1971: Designated anthracite cargo arrival station
• July 1, 1983: Changed to class 6 station, abolished Samcheok-Gangneung passenger train (one passenger car connected behind freight train)
• August 20, 1991: Passengers suspended.
• January 1, 1994: Stop Baggage cars.
• July 24, 2007: Resuming passenger handling.
• June 3, 2019: Passengers suspended.
• January 1, 2025: Passengers resume handling.

References

1. Samcheok Cityhall. "Introduce Samcheok Station". www.samcheok.go.kr (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2018-05-11.

External links

• Samcheok Station information (in Korean) from Samcheok City