Sonbong station
Sŏnbong 선봉 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 선봉역 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 先鋒驛 | |||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Seonbong-yeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏnbong-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Sŏnbong-ŭp, Sŏnbong, Rasŏn T'ŭkpyŏlsi, North Hamgyŏng North Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°21′10″N 130°22′46″E / 42.3527°N 130.3794°E / 42.3527; 130.3794 | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Hambuk Line | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 16 November 1929 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Unggi | |||||||||||||||
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Sŏnbong station is a railway station in Sŏnbong-ŭp, Sŏnbong, Rason Special City, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Sŭngri branch to Sŭngri.[1]
The station was opened on 16 November 1929 by the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) at the same time as the mainline from Unggi (now Sŏnbong) to Sinasan.[2]
References
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
- ^ 조선총독부관보 昭和 제669호, 1929년 3월 28일자, 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 669, 28 March 1929 (in Japanese)
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