Chongsong station explained

Chongsŏng
Native Name:종성
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:종성역
Mr:Chongsŏng-yŏk
Rr:Jongseong-yeok
Borough:Chongsŏng-rodongjagu,
Onsŏng, North Hamgyŏng
Country:North Korea
Opened:1 December 1922
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway
Original:Tomun Railway
Coordinates:42.7626°N 129.7901°W

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 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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. 93. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. 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. Web site: 南満州鉄道株式会社全路線 . 2016-11-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131021125429/http://homepage1.nifty.com/kitabatake/mansyu3.5.html . 2013-10-21 . dead .