Sinhung station

Railway station in North Korea

Sinhŭng

신흥

Korean name

Hangul

신흥역

Hanja

新興驛

Revised Romanization

Sinheung-yeok

McCune–Reischauer

Sinhŭng-yŏk

General information

Location

Sinhŭng-ŭp,
Sinhŭng-gun,
South Hamgyŏng
North Korea

Coordinates

Preceding station	Korean State Railway			Following station
Terminus		Sinhŭng Line (1435 mm)		Ch'ŏnbulsan towards Hamhŭng
Tonghŭng towards 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.^[1] 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.^[2] It received its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.

References

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