Sinsongchon Station

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Sinsŏngch'ŏn
신성천
Korean name
Hangul 신성천역
Hanja 新 成 川 驛
Revised Romanization Sinseongcheon-nyeok
McCune–Reischauer Sinsŏngch'ŏn-nyŏk
General information
Location Sinsŏngch'ŏn-rodongjagu, Sŏngch'ŏn-gun, South P'yŏngan
North Korea
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 1 October 1931
Electrified yes
Original company Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station  Korean State Railway  Following station
P'yŏngdŏk Line
toward  P'yŏngyang
toward  Rajin
P'yŏngra Line
toward  P'yŏngyang

Sinsŏngch'ŏn Station is a railway station located in Sinsŏngch'ŏn-rodongjagu, Sŏngch'ŏn County, South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, on the P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the P'yŏngdŏk Line. [1]

Songchon County County in South Pyŏngan, North Korea

Sŏngch'ŏn County is a kun (county) in South P'yŏngan, North Korea.

South Pyongan Province Province in Kwanso, North Korea

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North Korea Sovereign state in East Asia

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History

The station was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 October 1931, as part of the fourth section of the P'yŏngwŏn Line; it became part of the P'yŏngra Line after the establishment of the DPRK.

Chosen Government Railway

The Chosen Government Railway was a state-owned railway company in Korea under Japanese rule. It was a department of the Railway Bureau of the Government-General of Korea, whose functions were the management and operation of railways in Korea, as well as the supervision of privately owned railway companies.

The Pyeongwon Line was a railway line in Korea, opened in 1941 during the period of Japanese rule. The line connected Pyongyang to Gowon. It exists now North Korea and forms part of the following present day lines:

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References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN   978-4-10-303731-6

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