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]
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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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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