Chongsŏng Station

Chongsŏng 종성
Korean name
Hangul	종성역
Hanja	鍾城驛
Revised Romanization	Jongseong-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Chongsŏng-yŏk
General information
Location	Chongsŏng-rodongjagu, Onsŏng, North Hamgyŏng North Korea
Coordinates	42°45′45″N 129°47′24″E / 42.7626°N 129.7901°ECoordinates: 42°45′45″N 129°47′24″E / 42.7626°N 129.7901°E
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	5 January 1920
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Kangalli toward Rajin Hambuk Line Sambong toward Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn

Chongsŏng Station is a railway station in Chongsŏng-rodongjagu, Onsŏng County, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the 15.6 km-long branchline to Tongp'o.^[1]

History

It was opened by the Tomun Railway Company on 5 January 1920, together with the rest of the Hoeryŏng–Sangsambong section of their line (Hoeryŏng–Tonggwanjin), which on 1 April 1929 was nationalised and became the West Tomun Line of the Chosen Government Railway.^[2]

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
2. Japanese Government Railways (1937). 鉄道停車場一覧 昭和12年10月1日現在 [The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company. pp. 498–501, 504–505.