| Sŏnch'ŏn | |||||||||
| Native Name: | 선천 | ||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | ko | ||||||||
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| Borough: | Sŏnch'ŏn-ŭp, Sŏnch'ŏn, North P'yŏngan | ||||||||
| Country: | North Korea | ||||||||
| Opened: | 5 November 1905 | ||||||||
| Electrified: | Yes | ||||||||
| Owned: | Korean State Railway | ||||||||
| Original: | Chosen Government Railway | ||||||||
Sŏnch'ŏn station is a railway station in Sŏnch'ŏn-ŭp, Sŏnch'ŏn County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea. It is on located on the P'yŏngŭi Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
The station was opened, along with the rest of this section of the Kyŏngŭi Line, on 5 November 1905 by the Chosen Government Railway.
After the bridge across the Yalu River was opened on 1 November 1911, connecting Sinŭiju to Dandong, China, Sŏnch'ŏn station became a stop for international trains to and from Manchuria. It is still a stopping point for international trains between P'yŏngyang and Beijing.
On 27 December 1910, Korean independence activist An Myŏng-gŭn, cousin of An Chung-gŭn (who had assassinated Ito Hirobumi the previous year), attempted to assassinate the Japanese Governor-General of Korea, Terauchi Masatake, at Sŏnch'ŏn station; this was one of the precursors to the 105-Man Incident.