Sambong station

Railway station in Onsong County, North Korea

Sambong

삼봉

A 500 series EMU pulling a mixed train at Sambong station

Korean name

Hangul

삼봉역

Hanja

三峰驛

Revised Romanization

Sambong-yeok

McCune–Reischauer

Sambong-yŏk

General information

Location

Sambong-rodongjagu,
Onsŏng, North Hamgyŏng
North Korea

Owned by

Korean State Railway

History

Opened

5 January 1920

Electrified

yes

Services

Preceding station	Korean State Railway			Following station
Chongsŏng towards Rajin		Hambuk Line		Kanp'yŏng towards Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn

Sambong station is a railway station in Sambong-rodongjagu, Onsŏng County, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway.^[1]

History

Originally called Sangsambong station (Upper Sambong station), it was opened by the Tomun Railway Company on 5 January 1920, together with the rest of the Hoeryŏng–Sangsambong section of their line (Hoeryŏng–Tonggwanjin), which on 1 April 1929 was nationalised and became the West Tomun Line of the Chosen Government Railway.^[2] It received its current name after Hasambong station (Lower Sambong station) was closed in 1933, making the "Upper" prefix redundant.

References

^ Kokubu, Hayato (January 2007). 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 93. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
^ Japanese Government Railways (1937). 鉄道停車場一覧昭和12年10月1日現在 [The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company. pp. 498–501, 504–505.