Sonchon Station

Sŏnch'ŏn 선천
A view of the platform at Sŏnch'ŏn station.
Korean name
Hangul	선천역
Hanja	宣川驛
Revised Romanization	Seoncheon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏnch'ŏn-yŏk
General information
Location	Sŏnch'ŏn-ŭp, Sŏnch'ŏn, North P'yŏngan North Korea
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	5 November 1905
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Ch'ŏnggang toward Dandong (China) P'yŏngŭi Line Roha toward P'yŏngyang

Sŏnch'ŏn Station is a railway station in Sŏnch'ŏn-ŭp, Sŏnch'ŏn County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea. It is on located on the P'yŏngŭi Line of the Korean State Railway.^[1]

History

The station was opened, along with the rest of this section of the Kyŏngŭi Line, on 5 November 1905; it was originally called Sensen Station, receiving its current name in July 1945.

After the bridge across the Yalu River was opened on 1 November 1911, connecting Sinŭiju to Dandong, China, Sŏnch'ŏn station became a stop for international trains to and from Manchuria. It is still a stopping point for international trains between P'yŏngyang and Beijing.

On 27 December 1910, Korean independence activist An Myŏng-gŭn, cousin of An Chung-gŭn (who had assassinated Ito Hirobumi the previous year), attempted to assassinate the Japanese Governor-General of Korea, Terauchi Masatake, at Sŏnch'ŏn station; this was one of the precursors to the 105-Man Incident.

References

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

Coordinates: 39°47′56″N 124°55′8″E / 39.79889°N 124.91889°E