Chongsŏng Station

Chongsŏng 종성
Korean name
Hangul	종성역
Hanja	鍾城驛
Revised Romanization	Jongseong-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Chongsŏng-yŏk
General information
Location	Chongsŏng-rodongjagu, Onsŏng, North Hamgyŏng North Korea
Coordinates	42°45′45″N 129°47′24″E / 42.7626°N 129.7901°ECoordinates: 42°45′45″N 129°47′24″E / 42.7626°N 129.7901°E
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	5 January 1920
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Kangalli toward Rajin Hambuk Line Sambong toward Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn Terminus Tongp'o Branch Tongp'o toward Tongp'o

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]

History

It was opened by the Tomun Railway Company 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. Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
2. 조선총독부관보 昭和 제669호, 1929년 3월 28일자, 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 669, 28 March 1929 (in Japanese)
3. 南満州鉄道株式会社全路線