Songpyong station

Sŏngp'yŏng station is a railway station in Kangal-li, Onsŏng County, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea; it is the endpoint of the Sŏngp'yŏng Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

Sŏngp'yŏng

성평역
Korean name
Hangul
성평역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeongpyeong-yeok
McCune–ReischauerSŏngp'yŏng-yŏk
General information
LocationKangal-li,
Onsŏng, North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1 December 1922
Electrifiedyes
Original companyTomun Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Kangal-li
Terminus
 Sŏngp'yŏng Line Terminus

History

The station was opened by the Tomun Railway Company on 1 December 1922, together with the rest of the Sŏngp'yŏng Line as well as the Sangsambong–Chongsŏng section of their mainline from Hoeryŏng to Tonggwanjin. On 1 April 1929 the Tomun Railway was nationalised and became the West Tomun Line of the Chosen Government Railway.[2]

References
  1. Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 93. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. "朝鮮総督府官報 昭和 第669号, 1929年 3月 28日". The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea (in Japanese) (Shōwa No. 669). 28 March 1929.

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