Songhak station
Railway station in North Korea
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Songhak station is a railway station in Songhang-ri, Kyŏnghŭng county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Ch'undu Line.[1]
Songhak 송학 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 송학역 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Songhak-yeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Songhak-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Songhang-ri, Kyŏnghŭng, North Hamgyŏng North Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42.5585°N 130.3686°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Line | Hambuk Line | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 16 November 1929 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
| Original company | Chosen Government Railway | |||||||||||||||
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The station was opened on 16 November 1929 by the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) as part of the East Tomun Line from Unggi (now Sŏnbong) to Sinasan, which was later extended to Tonggwanjin.[2]
