Sunchon station
Sunch'ŏn 순천 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 순천역 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
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Sunchon 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
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