Chongsŏng | |||||||||
Native Name: | 종성 | ||||||||
Native Name Lang: | ko | ||||||||
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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]
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]