Songhak station explained

Songhak
Native Name:송학
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:송학역
Mr:Songhak-yŏk
Rr:Songhak-yeok
Borough:Songhang-ri,
Kyŏnghŭng,
North Hamgyŏng
Country:North Korea
Line:Hambuk Line
Opened:16 November 1929
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway
Original:Chosen Government Railway
Coordinates:42.5585°N 130.3686°W

Songhak station is a railway station in Songhang-ri, Kyŏnghŭng county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Ch'undu Line.[1]

The station was opened on 16 November 1929 by the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) as part of the East Tomun Line from Unggi (now Sŏnbong) to Sinasan, which was later extended to Tonggwanjin.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. 93. 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)