Tongsariwon station

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East Sariwŏn

동사리원
Korean name
Hangul
동사리원역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationDongsariwon-yeok
McCune–ReischauerTongsariwŏn-yŏk
General information
LocationSariwŏn-si
North Hwanghae Province
North Korea
Coordinates38°36′37″N 125°43′35″E / 38.61028°N 125.72639°E / 38.61028; 125.72639Coordinates: 38°36′37″N 125°43′35″E / 38.61028°N 125.72639°E / 38.61028; 125.72639
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1 December 1926
Electrifiedyes
Previous namesSinbongsan
Original companyChosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station DPRKRailway -vector.svg Korean State Railway Following station
Sariwŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn
towards P'yŏngyang
P'yŏngbu Line Pongsan
towards Kaesŏng

East Sariwŏn station (or Tongsariwŏn station) is a railway station located in Sariwŏn, 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]

Originally called Sinbongsan station, the station was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 December 1926.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 85. 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, pp. 483-485