Sunchon Station

Not to be confused with Suncheon Station.
Sunch'ŏn
순천
Korean name
Hangul 순천역
Hanja 順川驛
Revised Romanization Suncheon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Sunch'ŏn-yŏk
General information
Location Sunch'ŏn,
South P'yŏngan Province
North Korea
Coordinates 39°25′22″N 125°56′12″E / 39.42278°N 125.93667°E / 39.42278; 125.93667
Owned by Korean State Railway
Line(s) P'yŏngra Line
Manp'o Line
History
Opened 15 October 1928
Electrified yes
Original company Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
toward Rajin
P'yŏngra Line
Chasan
toward P'yŏngyang
Chungp'yŏng
toward Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Manp'o LineTerminus

Sunch'ŏn Station is a railway station in Sunch'ŏn municipal city, South P'yŏngan province, North Korea on the P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Manp'o Line.[1]

History

The station was opened on 15 October 1928 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the second section of the former P'yŏngwŏn Line from P'yŏngsŏng to Sunch'ŏn; this later became part of the P'yŏngra Line.

References

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


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