Sillyonpo station explained

Sillyŏnp'o
Native Name:신련포
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:신련포역
Mr:Sillyŏnp'o-yŏk
Rr:Sinnyeonpo-yeok
Borough:Sil-li,
Sunch'ŏn-si,
South P'yŏngan
Country:North Korea
Line:P'yŏngra Line
Taegŏn Line
Opened:1 October 1929
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway
Former:Pongha
Coordinates:39.4403°N 125.9672°W

Sillyŏnp'o station is a railway station in Sil-li, Sunch'ŏn 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 Taegŏn Line to Oedong via Taegŏn, where it connects to the Ŭnsan Line.[1]

It was originally opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 October 1929 as Pongha station, as part of the second extension of the P'yŏngwŏn Line.[2] It received its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. 88. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 4236, 8 March 1941