Sokhyon station
Appearance
Sokhyon 석현 | |||||||||||
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Korean name | |||||||||||
Hangul | 석현역 | ||||||||||
Hanja | |||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Seokhyeon-yeok | ||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏkhyŏn-yŏk | ||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Pongha-ri, Sŏhŭng Country, North Hwanghae Province North Korea | ||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 3 April 1906 | ||||||||||
Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Sokhyon station is a railway station located in Sinmak-ri, Sŏhŭng Country, North Hwanghae province, North Korea.[1] It is on located on the P'yŏngbu Line, which was formed from part of the Kyŏngŭi Line to accommodate the shift of the capital from Seoul to P'yŏngyang; though this line physically connects P'yŏngyang to Pusan via Dorasan, in operational reality it ends at Kaesŏng due to the Korean Demilitarized Zone.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6