Sŏnbong 선봉 | ||||||||||||||||
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Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
Hangul | 선봉역 | |||||||||||||||
Hanja | 先鋒驛 | |||||||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Seonbong-yeok | |||||||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏnbong-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
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.
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.
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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