Chongsong station

Chongsŏng

종성
Korean name
Hangul
종성역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJongseong-yeok
McCune–ReischauerChongsŏng-yŏk
General information
LocationChongsŏng-rodongjagu,
Onsŏng, North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates42°45′45″N 129°47′24″E / 42.7626°N 129.7901°E / 42.7626; 129.7901
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1 December 1922
Electrifiedyes
Original companyTomun Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Kangalli
towards Rajin
Hambuk Line Sambong
Terminus Tongp'o Line Tongp'o
Terminus

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

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It was opened by the Tomun Railway in 1922, together with the rest of the Sangsambong–Chongsŏng section of their line (Hoeryŏng–Tonggwanjin),[2] which on 1 April 1929 was nationalised and became the West Tomun Line of the Chosen Government Railway, and from 1934 to 1940 it was managed by the South Manchuria Railway.[3] Finally, after the partition of Korea it became part of the Korean State Railway.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 93. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. ^ 朝鮮総督府官報 昭和 第669号, 1929年 3月 28日 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 669, 28 March 1929 (in Japanese)
  3. ^ "南満州鉄道株式会社全路線". Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2016-11-26.