Songhak station

Coordinates: 42°33′31″N 130°22′07″E / 42.5585°N 130.3686°E / 42.5585; 130.3686
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Songhak

송학
Korean name
Hangul
송학역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSonghak-yeok
McCune–ReischauerSonghak-yŏk
General information
LocationSonghang-ri,
Kyŏnghŭng,
North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates42°33′31″N 130°22′07″E / 42.5585°N 130.3686°E / 42.5585; 130.3686
Owned byKorean State Railway
Line(s)Hambuk Line
History
Opened16 November 1929
Electrifiedyes
Original companyChosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Haksong
towards Rajin
Hambuk Line Sinasan
Terminus Ch'undu Line Chundu
Terminus

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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 93. ISBN 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)