Chongsong_station

Chongsong station

Chongsong station

Railway station in North Korea

Chongsŏng station is a railway station in Chongsŏng-rodongjagu, Onsŏng County, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the 15.6 km-long branchline to Tongp'o.[1]

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History

It was opened by the Tomun Railway in 1922, together with the rest of the Sangsambong–Chongsŏng section of their line (Hoeryŏng–Tonggwanjin),[2] which on 1 April 1929 was nationalised and became the West Tomun Line of the Chosen Government Railway, and from 1934 to 1940 it was managed by the South Manchuria Railway.[3] Finally, after the partition of Korea it became part of the Korean State Railway.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 93. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. [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), Shōwa No. 669, 28 March 1929 (in Japanese)
  3. [3]
    "南満州鉄道株式会社全路線". Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2016-11-26.


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