Sinhung station explained

Sinhŭng
Native Name:신흥
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:신흥역
Mr:Sinhŭng-yŏk
Rr:Sinheung-yeok
Borough:Sinhŭng-ŭp,
Sinhŭng-gun,
South Hamgyŏng
Country:North Korea
Coordinates:40.2001°N 127.5491°W
Platform:1 (1435 mm)
1 (762 mm)
Tracks:3 (1435 mm),
3 (762 mm),
6 (transloading yard)
Opened:1 October 1926
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway
Former:Hamnam Sinhŭng
Original:Sinhŭng Railway

Sinhŭng station is a railway station in Sinhŭng-ŭp, Sinhŭng county, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea on the Sinhŭng Line of the Korean State Railway. It is the changing point between the standard and narrow gauge sections of the line.[1] There are facilities for servicing the locomotives and rolling stock of the narrow gauge line here, and there is a short (narrow gauge) branch to P'ungdŏk, an industrial halt in Sinhŭng-rodongjagu.

History

The station, originally called Hamnam Sinhŭng station, was opened on 1 October 1926 by the Sinhŭng Railway as part of the 15.1km (09.4miles) third section of its Hamnam Line between P'ungsang and here. The Sinhŭng Railway was bought and absorbed by the Chosen Railway on 22 April 1938.[2] It received its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.

Notes and References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),
  2. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 3385, 3 May 1938