Sillyonpo Station

Sillyŏnp'o
신련포
Korean name
Hangul 신련포역
Hanja 新蓮浦驛
Revised Romanization Sinnyeonpo-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Sillyŏnp'o-yŏk
General information
Location Sil-li,
Sunch'ŏn-si,
South P'yŏngan
North Korea
Owned by Korean State Railway
Line(s) P'yŏngra Line
History
Opened 1 October 1929
Electrified yes
Previous names Pongha
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
toward Rajin
P'yŏngra Line
toward P'yŏngyang
TerminusTaegŏn Branch
Terminus

Sillyŏnp'o Station is a railway station in Sil-li, Sunch'ŏn city, South P'yŏngan province, North Korea, on the P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway. It is also the starting point of the Taegŏn Branch to Taegŏn, where it connects to the Ŭnsan Line.[1]

It was originally opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 October 1929 as Pongha Station, as part of the second extension of the P'yŏngwŏn Line.[2] It received its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 4236, 8 March 1941


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