Sambang Station

Sambang
삼방
Korean name
Hangul 삼방역
Hanja
Revised Romanization Sambang-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Sambang-yŏk
General information
Location Sambang-ri,
Sep'o,
Kangwŏn
North Korea
Coordinates 38°42′28″N 127°21′52″E / 38.7079°N 127.3644°E / 38.7079; 127.3644Coordinates: 38°42′28″N 127°21′52″E / 38.7079°N 127.3644°E / 38.7079; 127.3644
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 16 August 1914
Electrified yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
toward Kowŏn
Kangwŏn Line
toward P'yŏnggang

Sambang Station is a railway station in Sambang-ri, Sep'o county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

Originally called Sambanghyŏp Station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 삼방협역; Hanja: 三防峡駅), the station, along with the rest of the former Kyŏngwŏn Line, was opened by the Japanese on 16 August 1914.[2]

References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. "경영원칙 > 경영공시 > 영업현황 > 영업거리현황". Korail. Retrieved 2015-09-17.


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