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(Redirected from Sinhung Station) Railway station in North Korea Not to be confused with Sinheung station.
Sinhŭng
신흥
Korean name
Hangul신흥역
Hanja新興驛
Revised RomanizationSinheung-yeok
McCune–ReischauerSinhŭng-yŏk
General information
LocationSinhŭng-ŭp,
Sinhŭng-gun,
South Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates40°12′00″N 127°32′57″E / 40.2001°N 127.5491°E / 40.2001; 127.5491
Owned byKorean State Railway
Platforms1 (1435 mm)
1 (762 mm)
Tracks3 (1435 mm),
3 (762 mm),
6 (transloading yard)
History
Opened1 October 1926
Electrifiedyes
Previous namesHamnam Sinhŭng
Original companySinhŭng Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Terminus Sinhŭng Line (1435 mm) Ch'ŏnbulsantowards Hamhŭng
Tonghŭngtowards Pujŏnhoban Sinhŭng Line (762 mm) Terminus

Sinhŭng station is a railway station in Sinhŭng-ŭp, Sinhŭng county, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea on the Sinhŭng Line of the Korean State Railway. It is the changing point between the standard and narrow gauge sections of the line. There are facilities for servicing the locomotives and rolling stock of the narrow gauge line here, and there is a short (narrow gauge) branch to P'ungdŏk, an industrial halt in Sinhŭng-rodongjagu.

History

The station, originally called Hamnam Sinhŭng station, was opened on 1 October 1926 by the Sinhŭng Railway as part of the 15.1 km (9.4 mi) third section of its Hamnam Line between P'ungsang and here. The Sinhŭng Railway was bought and absorbed by the Chosen Railway on 22 April 1938. It received its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.

References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 3385, 3 May 1938
Sinhŭng Line
Standard gauge
Narrow gauge


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