Sohamhung station

Sŏhamhŭng station (West Hamhŭng station) is a railway station in Sŏngch'ŏngang-guyŏk, Hamhŭng city, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Sŏho Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] Locomotive and rolling stock maintenance facilities for the narrow gauge equipment used on the line are located here.

West Hamhŭng

서함흥
Korean name
Hangul
서함흥역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeohamheung-yeok
McCune–ReischauerSŏhamhŭng-yŏk
General information
LocationSŏngch'ŏngang-guyŏk,
Hamhŭng-si,
South Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
Platforms2
Tracks4
History
Opened25 August 1923
Original companySinhŭng Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Hamhŭng
Terminus
 Sŏho Line Sap'o
towards Sŏho

History

The station was opened on 25 August 1923 by the Sinhŭng Railway, becoming the northern terminus of the Namhŭng Line between Sŏho station and here when the first section of that line, West Hamhŭng–Ch'ŏngiri, was opened on 11 May 1934. The Sinhŭng Railway was bought and absorbed by the Chosen Railway on 22 April 1938.[2] Although originally the Hamhŭng–Hamnam Sinhŭng Hamnam Line ran through West Hamhŭng station, since the regauging of that line the new standard-gauge line bypasses this station.[3]

References
  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
  3. "신흥선".

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