Sŏngp'yŏng
Native name성평역
BoroughKangal-li,
Onsŏng, North Hamgyŏng
CountryNorth Korea
Opened1 December 1922
Electrifiedyes
OwnedKorean State Railway
OriginalTomun Railway
Songpyong station
Hangul성평역
Hanja城坪驛
MrSŏngp'yŏng-yŏk
RrSeongpyeong-yeok

Sŏngp'yŏng station is a railway station in Kangal-li, Onsŏng County, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea; it is the endpoint of the Sŏngp'yŏng Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

History

The station was opened by the Tomun Railway Company on 1 December 1922, together with the rest of the Sŏngp'yŏng Line as well as the Sangsambong–Chongsŏng section of their mainline from Hoeryŏng to Tonggwanjin. On 1 April 1929 the Tomun Railway was nationalised and became the West Tomun Line of the Chosen Government Railway.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato (January 2007). 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 93. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. ^ "朝鮮総督府官報 昭和 第669号, 1929年 3月 28日" (in Japanese). The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea. ' (Shōwa No. 669). 28 March 1929.