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(Redirected from Sunchon Station) Railway station in North Korea Not to be confused with Suncheon station.
Sunch'ŏn
순천
Korean name
Hangul순천역
Hanja順川驛
Revised RomanizationSuncheon-yeok
McCune–ReischauerSunch'ŏn-yŏk
General information
LocationSunch'ŏn,
South P'yŏngan Province
North Korea
Coordinates39°25′22″N 125°56′12″E / 39.42278°N 125.93667°E / 39.42278; 125.93667
Owned byKorean State Railway
Line(s)P'yŏngra Line
Manp'o Line
History
Opened15 October 1928
Electrifiedyes
Original companyChosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Chasantowards P'yŏngyang P'yŏngra Line Sillyŏnp'otowards Rajin
Chungp'yŏngtowards Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn Manp'o Line Terminus

Sunchon station is a railway station in Sunch'ŏn municipal city, South P'yŏngan province, North Korea on the P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Manp'o Line.

History

The station was opened on 15 October 1928 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the second section of the former P'yŏngwŏn Line from P'yŏngsŏng to Sunch'ŏn; this later became part of the P'yŏngra Line.

References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
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