Chungbong station is a railway station in Chungbong-dong, Hoeryŏng county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. It is the terminus of the Sech'ŏn branch of the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

Chungbong

중봉
Korean name
Hangul
중봉역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJungbong-yeok
McCune–ReischauerChungbong-yŏk
General information
LocationChungbong-dong,
Hoeryŏng,
North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates42°35′08″N 129°53′10″E / 42.5855°N 129.8860°E / 42.5855; 129.8860
Owned byKorean State Railway
Line(s)Sech'ŏn Line
History
Opened1920
Electrifiedyes
Original companyTomun Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Terminus Sech'ŏn Line Sech'ŏn
towards Sinhakp'o

The station was opened in 1920 by the privately owned Tomun Railway Company, at the same time as the rest of the first stage of its mainline, from Hoeryŏng to Sangsambong.[2] It was subsequently nationalised by the Chosen Government Railway in 1929, 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]The station is part of the complex of the former Hoeryong concentration camp.

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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.