Sijungho station
Railway station in North Korea
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Sijungho station is a railway station in Songjŏl-li T'ongch'ŏn county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea[1] on the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[2]
Sijungho 시중호 | |||||||||||
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| Hangul | 시중호역 | ||||||||||
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| Revised Romanization | Sijungho-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Sijungho-yŏk | ||||||||||
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| Location | Songjŏl-li T'ongch'ŏn, Kangwŏn Province North Korea | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38.9838°N 127.8459°E | ||||||||||
| Owner | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| Line | Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 21 July 1931 | ||||||||||
| Former names | Songjŏn | ||||||||||
Original company | Chosen Government Railway | ||||||||||
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History
The station, originally called Songjŏn station was opened on 21 July 1931 by the Chosen Government Railway, along with the rest of the second section of the original Tonghae Pukpu Line from Hŭpkok (nowadays Myŏnggo) to T'ongch'ŏn (nowadays Tonghae). It was renamed after Lake Sijung.
