Songhak Station

Songhak 송학
Korean name
Hangul	송학역
Hanja	松鶴驛
Revised Romanization	Songhak-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Songhak-yŏk
General information
Location	Songhang-ri, Kyŏnghŭng, North Hamgyŏng North Korea
Owned by	Korean State Railway
Line(s)	Hambuk Line
History
Opened	16 November 1929
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Haksong toward Rajin Hambuk Line Sinasan toward Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn Terminus Ch'undu Branch Chundu Terminus

Songhak Station is a railway station in Songhang-ri, Kyŏnghŭng county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Ch'undu branch.^[1]

The station was opened on 16 November 1929 by the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) on a new section of line from Unggi (now Sŏnbong) to Sinasan, which was later extended to Tonggwanjin. ^[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)