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(Redirected from Sonchon Station) Railway station in Sonchon County, North Korea
Sŏnch'ŏn
선천
A view of the platform at Sŏnch'ŏn station
Korean name
Hangul선천역
Hanja宣川驛
Revised RomanizationSeoncheon-yeok
McCune–ReischauerSŏnch'ŏn-yŏk
General information
LocationSŏnch'ŏn-ŭp,
Sŏnch'ŏn,
North P'yŏngan
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened5 November 1905
ElectrifiedYes
Original companyChosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Ch'ŏnggangtowards Dandong (China) P'yŏngŭi Line Rohatowards 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.

History

The station was opened, along with the rest of this section of the Kyŏngŭi Line, on 5 November 1905 by the Chosen Government Railway.

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
P'yŏngŭi Line
Mainline

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

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