Sonha station is a railway station located in Kaesŏng-t'ŭkkŭpsi, North Hwanghae province, North Korea.^[1] It is on located on the P'yŏngbu Line, which was formed from part of the Kyŏngŭi Line to accommodate the shift of the capital from Seoul to P'yŏngyang; though this line physically connects P'yŏngyang to Pusan via Dorasan, in operational reality it ends at Kaesŏng due to the Korean Demilitarized Zone.^[1]

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Sonha 손하
Korean name
Hangul	손하역
Hanja	孫河驛
Revised Romanization	Sonha-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Sonha-yŏk
General information
Location	Kaesŏng-t'ŭkkŭpsi, North Hwanghae North Korea
Owned by	Korean State Railway
Operated by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	3 April 1906
Rebuilt	2003
Electrified	No
Original company	Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Kaesŏng towards P'yŏngyang P'yŏngbu Line Not in regular service Pongdong towards Dorasan (ROK)

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The station was originally opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 3 April 1906, but was closed after the Korean War. The station, as well as the disused section from Kaesŏng across the DMZ to Dorasan, was rebuilt in 2003, and a special train inaugurating the reopened line ran on 17 May 2007. Regular freight service began between Dorasan and the Kaesŏng Industrial Region,^[2] and although passenger service for South Korean workers exists between Dorasan and the Kaesŏng Industrial Area, apart from the inaugural special train, there has been no passenger service to Sonha station. The freight and passenger services have been interrupted several times as a result of political events between North and South that have caused the closure of the industrial district; it was most recently reopened on 16 September 2013 after a five-month shutdown.^[3]