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

Sech'ŏn

세천
Korean name
Hangul
세천역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSecheon-yeok
McCune–ReischauerSech'ŏn-yŏk
General information
LocationSech'ŏn-dong,
Hoeryŏng,
North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates42°34′39″N 129°49′47″E / 42.5775°N 129.8296°E / 42.5775; 129.8296
Owned byKorean State Railway
Line(s)Sech'ŏn
History
Opened1920
Electrifiedyes
Original companyTomun Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Chungbong
Terminus
Sech'ŏn Line Sinhakp'o
Terminus

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]

References edit

  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 2013-10-21 at the Wayback Machine