Chongsong Station

Chongsŏng
종성
Korean name
Hangul 종성역
Hanja 鍾城驛
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 / 42.7626; 129.7901Coordinates: 42°45′45″N 129°47′24″E / 42.7626°N 129.7901°E / 42.7626; 129.7901
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 5 January 1920
Electrified yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
toward Rajin
Hambuk Line

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]

History

It was opened by the Tomun Railway Company on 5 January 1920, together with the rest of the Hoeryŏng–Sangsambong section of their line (Hoeryŏng–Tonggwanjin), which on 1 April 1929 was nationalised and became the West Tomun Line of the Chosen Government Railway.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ Japanese Government Railways, 鉄道停車場一覧 昭和12年10月1日現在 (The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, 1937, pp 498–501, 504–505 (Japanese)
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