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Segil station

Segil station

Railway station in North Korea

Segil station is a railway station in Segil-dong, Wŏnsan Municipal City, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on Songdowŏn Line of the Korean State Railway. The Songdowŏn Line runs to Wŏnsan, where it connects to the Kangwŏn Line.[1]

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Originally called Tŏgwŏn station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 덕원역; Hanja: 德源驛), the station, along with the rest of the Okp'yŏng–Wŏnsan section of the former Hamgyŏng Line, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 August 1915.[2] Also this station is the starting point of the Songdowŏn Line to Songdowŏn.

The station, which serves a seaside resort in Segil-dong, was opened on 23 September 2014. A ceremony was held to mark the occasion, with a Sŏngun Red Flag-class electric locomotive hauling the inaugural train.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. 90 ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. [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 (in Japanese)
  3. [3]
    北, 원산 송도원국제소년단야영소에 송도원역 준공, Nocutnews, 2014.9.24


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