# Unbong station

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Railway station in Chasong County, North Korea

Unbong 운봉 Korean name Hangul 운봉 Hanja 雲峰驛 Revised Romanization Unbong-yeok McCune–Reischauer Unbong-yŏk General information Location Unbong-rodongjagu, Chasŏng-gun, Chagang Province North Korea Coordinates 41°21′33″N 126°32′30″E / 41.3593°N 126.5418°E / 41.3593; 126.5418 Owned by Korean State Railway Line Pukbunaeryuk Line History Opened 27 November 1987 Previous names Sinunbong (신운봉, 新雲峰) Services Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Sangp'unggang towards Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn Pukbunaeryuk Line Kujung towards Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Location

**Unbong station** is a [railway station](/source/Railway_station) in Unbong-rodongjagu, [Chasŏng County](/source/Chasong_County), [Chagang Province](/source/Chagang_Province), [North Korea](/source/North_Korea), on the [Pukbunaeryuk Line](/source/Pukbunaeryuk_Line) of the [Korean State Railway](/source/Korean_State_Railway).[1]

## History

Originally called **Sinunbong station** to differentiate it from the existing terminus of the [Unbong Line](/source/Unbong_Line), then called [Unbong station](/source/Kuunbong_Station), this station was opened on 27 November 1987 by the Korean State Railway, along with the rest of the first western section of the new Pukpu Line between Sinunbong and [Chasŏng](/source/Chasong_Station).[2] With the opening of the new station, the old station was converted into a freight-only station as the terminus of the truncated Unbong Line, whilst the new station handled all passenger traffic for the town of Unbong. At some point in time the stations traded names, with Sinunbong station ("new Unbong station") becoming the current **Unbong station**, and the original Unbong station becoming today's Kuunbong station ("old Unbong station") – this might have happened either between 1991 and 1993, when electrification works of the Pukpu Line were completed,[3][4] or between 2011 and 2013 when, in accordance with [Kim Jong Il](/source/Kim_Jong_Il)'s order to refurbish the by then nearly decrepit Pukpu Line,[3] work brigades of the [Kim Il-sung Socialist Youth League](/source/Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist_Youth_League) rebuilt the entirety of the [Manp'o](/source/Manpo_Chongnyon_Station)–[Hyesan](/source/Hyesan_Chongnyon_Station) line between April 2011 and November 2013;[3] at that time, many other stations along the line were renamed, most to honour the youth work brigades in keeping with what had become a North Korean tradition since 1958, when [Kim Il Sung](/source/Kim_Il_Sung) gave the [Sariwŏn](/source/Sariwon_Chongnyon_Station)–[Haeju](/source/Haeju_Chongnyon_Station) line – rebuilt by youth "volunteer" teams[5] – the name of "[Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line](/source/Hwanghae_Chongnyon_Line)" ("Yellow Sea Youth").[6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Hayato_1-0)** Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p.91 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-4-10-303731-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4-10-303731-6)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Naver_2-0)** ["북부 철길 건설"](http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2090718&cid=44454&categoryId=44461). *terms.naver.com*. Retrieved 2018-01-01.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-tongil_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-tongil_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-tongil_3-2) ["북한 북부철길 개건사업 마감단계.. '제2의 마식령속도' 창조 - 통일뉴스"](http://www.tongilnews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=105655). *tongilnews.com*. Retrieved 2017-12-31.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1992jan30_4-0)** [북부철길 전철화, 동아일보](http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1992013000209215009&edtNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1992-01-30&officeId=00020&pageNo=15&printNo=21723&publishType=00020), 1992 January 30

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Hwanghae_5-0)** ["황해청년선 | North Korea Geographic Information: Transportation Geography – Hwanghae Chongnyon Line (in Korean)"](http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2090768&cid=44454&categoryId=44461). *terms.naver.com*. Retrieved 2017-12-31.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Hayato2_6-0)** Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p.50 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-4-10-303731-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4-10-303731-6)

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