Sinch'am station is a railway station in Musan county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Musan Line of the Korean State Railway.[1][page needed]

Sinch'am

신참
Korean name
Hangul
신참역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSincham-yeok
McCune–ReischauerSinch'am-yŏk
General information
LocationMusan,
North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates42°06′43″N 129°24′33″E / 42.1119°N 129.4092°E / 42.1119; 129.4092
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened20 August 1927
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
West P'ungsan
towards Musan
Musan Line Kŭmp'ae
towards Komusan

It was opened, along with the rest of the Komusan-Sinch'am section of the Musan line, on 20 August 1927.

Local passenger trains running between Musan and Ch'ŏngjin on the southern junction of the Hambuk and P'yŏngra lines serve this station, and there are several daily commuter trains for workers and students between Musan and Komusan.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. ^ "Hambuk Line". The traffic and geography in North Korea (in Korean).