Sangpunggang station explained

Sangp'unggang
Native Name:상풍강
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:상풍강역
Mr:Sangp'unggang-yŏk
Rr:Sangpunggang-yeok
Address:Unbong-rodongjagu,
Chasŏng-gun,
Chagang Province
Country:North Korea
Line:Pukbunaeryuk Line, Unbong Line
Opened:27 November 1987
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway

Sangp'unggang station is a railway station in Unbong-rodongjagu, Chasŏng County, Chagang Province, North Korea, on the Pukbunaeryuk Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Unbong Line.[1]

History

Although the Unbong Line was opened in 1959, the halt at Sangp'unggang was opened only on 27 November 1987 when construction of the first western section (Sangp'unggang–Chasŏng) of the Pukbunaeryuk Line was completed;[2] as far as this point, the Unbong Line was absorbed into the new Pukpu Line,[3] and Sangp'unggang became the junction point of the Pukpu Line and the truncated remainder of the Unbong Line.

Notes and References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p.91
  2. http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1992013000209215009&edtNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1992-01-30&officeId=00020&pageNo=15&printNo=21723&publishType=00020 북부철길 전철화, 동아일보
  3. Web site: 북부 철길 건설. terms.naver.com. 2017-12-31.