Sonbong station explained

Sŏnbong
Native Name:선봉
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:선봉역
Mr:Sŏnbong-yŏk
Rr:Seonbong-yeok
Borough:Sŏnbong-ŭp,
Sŏnbong,
Rasŏn T'ŭkpyŏlsi,
North Hamgyŏng
Country:North Korea
Line:Hambuk Line
Opened:16 November 1929
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway
Former:Unggi
Coordinates:42.3527°N 130.3794°W

Sŏnbong station is a railway station in Sŏnbong-ŭp, Sŏnbong, Rason Special City, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Sŭngri branch to Sŭngri.[1]

The station was opened on 16 November 1929 by the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) at the same time as the mainline from Unggi (now Sŏnbong) to Sinasan.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. 조선총독부관보 昭和 제669호, 1929년 3월 28일자, 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 669, 28 March 1929 (in Japanese)