Sechon station explained

Sech'ŏn
Native Name:세천
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:세천역
Mr:Sech'ŏn-yŏk
Rr:Secheon-yeok
Borough:Sech'ŏn-dong,
Hoeryŏng,
North Hamgyŏng
Country:North Korea
Line:Sech'ŏn
Opened:1920
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway
Original:Tomun Railway
Coordinates:42.5775°N 129.8296°W

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]

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]

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. http://homepage1.nifty.com/kitabatake/mansyu3.5.html 南満州鉄道株式会社全路線