Sinhakpo station explained

Sinhakp'o
Native Name:신학포
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:신학포역
Mr:Sinhakp'o-yŏk
Rr:Sinhakpo-yeok
Borough:Hakp'o-ri,
Hoeryŏng,
North Hamgyŏng
Country:North Korea
Line:Hambuk Line
Sech'ŏn Line
Opened:1920
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway
Original:Tomun Railway
Coordinates:42.5748°N 129.7392°W

Sinhakp'o station is a railway station in Hakp'o-ri, Hoeryŏng county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. It is the starting point of the Sechŏn branch Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway to Chungbong station.[1]

The station was opened in 1920 by the privately owned Tomun Railway, 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