Sŏnghu station is a railway station in Kilju county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

Sŏnghu

성후
Korean name
Hangul
성후역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeonghu-yeok
McCune–ReischauerSŏnghu-yŏk
General information
LocationKilju,
North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates41°05′15″N 129°12′31″E / 41.0875°N 129.2086°E / 41.0875; 129.2086
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1 November 1933
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
P'unggye Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Namsŏk

The station, along with the rest of the KiljuHapsu section, was opened by the Government Railways of Chosen(朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 November 1933.[2]

On 9 October 2006 an underground nuclear test was conducted at P'unggye-ri in Kilju County, causing the closure of the line for 3–4 months.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ^ 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), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo
  3. ^ 核실험 후 4개월간 길주-혜산 봉쇄