Sonbong Station

Sŏnbong 선봉
Korean name
Hangul	선봉역
Hanja	先鋒驛
Revised Romanization	Seonbong-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏnbong-yŏk
General information
Location	Sŏnbong-ŭp, Sŏnbong, Rasŏn T'ŭkpyŏlsi, North Hamgyŏng North Korea
Owned by	Korean State Railway
Line(s)	Hambuk Line
History
Opened	16 November 1929
Electrified	yes
Previous names	Unggi
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Tongsŏnbong toward Rajin Hambuk Line Paekhwa toward Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn Sŭngri toward Sŭngri Sŭngri Branch Terminus

Sŏnbong Station is a railway station in Sŏnbong-ŭp, Sŏnbong county, Rason Special City, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Sŭngri branch to Sŭngri.^[1]

The station was opened on 16 November 1929 by the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) at the same time as the mainline from Unggi (now Sŏnbong) to Sinasan. ^[2]

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)