Sijungho Station

Sijungho 시중호
Korean name
Hangul	시중호역
Hanja	侍中湖驛
Revised Romanization	Sijungho-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Sijungho-yŏk
General information
Location	Songjŏl-li T'ongch'ŏn, Kangwŏn Province North Korea
Owned by	Korean State Railway
Line(s)	Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
History
Opened	21 July 1931
Electrified	yes
Previous names	Songjŏn
Original company	Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Kŭmbonggang toward Anbyŏn Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line T'ongch'ŏn toward Jejin (ROK)

Sijungho Station is a railway station in Songjŏl-li T'ongch'ŏn county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea^[1] on the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.^[2]

History

The station, originally called Songjŏn Station was opened on 21 July 1931 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the second section of the original Tonghae Pukpu Line from Hŭpkok (nowadays Myŏnggo) to T'ongch'ŏn (nowadays Tonghae).

References

1. Road map of Korea, North and South, published December 2010 by Freytag and Berndt, Vienna, Austria, ISBN 978-3-7079-0974-6
2. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6