Chongsŏng Station

Chongsŏng
종성
Korean name
Hangul 종성역
Hanja 鍾城驛
Revised Romanization Jongseong-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Chongsŏng-yŏk
General information
Location Chongsŏng-rodongjagu,
Onsŏng, North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates 42°45′45″N 129°47′24″E / 42.7626°N 129.7901°E / 42.7626; 129.7901Coordinates: 42°45′45″N 129°47′24″E / 42.7626°N 129.7901°E / 42.7626; 129.7901
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 5 January 1920
Electrified yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
toward Rajin
Hambuk Line
TerminusTongp'o Branch
toward Tongp'o

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

It was opened by the Tomun Railway Company 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

  1. 1 2 Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ 南満州鉄道株式会社全路線


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