Sambong Station

Sambong 삼봉
Korean name
Hangul	삼봉역
Hanja	三峰驛
Revised Romanization	Sambong-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Sambong-yŏk
General information
Location	Sambong-rodongjagu, Onsŏng, North Hamgyŏng North Korea
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	1 August 1933
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Chongsŏng toward Rajin Hambuk Line Kanp'yŏng toward Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn

Sambong Station is a railway station in Sambong-rodongjagu, Onsŏng County, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway.^[1]

History

Originally called Sangsambong Station (Upper Sambong Station), 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] It received its current name after Hasambong Station (Lower Sambong Station) was closed in 1933, making the "Upper" prefix redundant.

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. Japanese Government Railways, 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), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, 1937, pp 498–501, 504–505 (Japanese)