Samcheok station

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Samcheok Station
Korail Samcheok Line Samcheok Station.jpg
Korean name
Hangul
삼척역
Hanja
Revised Romanization Samcheongnyeok
McCune–Reischauer Samch'ŏngnyŏk
General information
LocationSajik-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
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAboveground
History
OpenedFebruary 11, 1944
Original company Samcheok Railway

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

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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.