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Soho station

Coordinates: 39°49′40″N 127°39′00″E / 39.8277°N 127.6501°E / 39.8277; 127.6501
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Sŏho

서호
Korean name
Hangul
서호역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeoho-yeok
McCune–ReischauerSŏho-yŏk
General information
LocationSŏho 2-dong,
Hŭngnam-guyŏk,
Hamhŭng-si,
South Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates39°49′40″N 127°39′00″E / 39.8277°N 127.6501°E / 39.8277; 127.6501
Owned byKorean State Railway
Platforms2
Tracks4
History
Opened1 December 1922
Previous namesSŏhojin
Original companyChosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Hŭngnam
towards P'yŏngyang
P'yŏngra Line Majŏn
towards Rajin
Hadŏk
towards Hamhŭng
Sŏho Line Terminus

Sŏho station is a railway station in Sŏho 2-dong, Hŭngnam-guyŏk, Hamhŭng city, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea on the P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also one of the southern termini of the (narrow gauge) Sŏho Line.[1]

History

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Originally called Sŏhojin station, the station was opened on 1 December 1922 by the Chosen Government Railway as part of the 18.0 km (11.2 mi) Hamhŭng–Sŏhojin section of the Hamgyŏng Line. The station became the southern terminus of the narrow gauge Namhŭng Line (nowadays the Sõho Line) of the Sinhŭng Railway on 15 December 1936; the Sinhŭng Railway was bought and absorbed by the Chosen Railway on 22 April 1938.[2] Sŏho station received its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.

References

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  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 3385, 3 May 1938