Sillyonpo station
Appearance
Sillyŏnp'o 신련포 | ||||||||||||||||
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Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
Hangul | 신련포역 | |||||||||||||||
Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Sinnyeonpo-yeok | |||||||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Sillyŏnp'o-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Sil-li, Sunch'ŏn-si, South P'yŏngan North Korea | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°26′25″N 125°58′02″E / 39.4403°N 125.9672°E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | P'yŏngra Line Taegŏn Line | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1 October 1929 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
Previous names | Pongha | |||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Sillyŏnp'o station is a railway station in Sil-li, Sunch'ŏn city, South P'yŏngan province, North Korea, on the P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway. It is also the starting point of the Taegŏn Line to Oedong via Taegŏn, where it connects to the Ŭnsan Line.[1]
It was originally opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 October 1929 as Pongha station, as part of the second extension of the P'yŏngwŏn Line.[2] It received its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.
References
[edit]- ^ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 88. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
- ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 4236, 8 March 1941