Soho station

{{Short description|Railway station in Hungnam, North Korea}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Sŏho

| native_name = 서호

| native_name_lang = ko

| image =

| image_size =

| image_caption =

| mlanguage = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes

| hangul = 서호역

| hanja = {{linktext|西|湖|驛}}

| mr = Sŏho-yŏk

| rr = Seoho-yeok

}}

| borough = Sŏho 2-dong,
Hŭngnam-guyŏk,
Hamhŭng-si,
South Hamgyŏng

| country = North Korea

| coordinates = {{coord|39.8277|127.6501|type:railwaystation_region:KP|display=inline,title}}

| platform = 2

| tracks = 4

| connections =

| opened = 1 December 1922

| closed =

| rebuilt =

| electrified =

| owned = Korean State Railway

| former = Sŏhojin

| original = Chosen Government Railway

| services =

{{adjacent stations|system=KSR

|line1=Pyongra Line|left1=Hungnam |right1=Majon

|line2=Soho Line|left2=Hadok|right2=}}

}}

Sŏho station is a railway station in Sŏho 2-dong, Hŭngnam-guyŏk, Hamhŭng city, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea on the P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also one of the southern termini of the (narrow gauge) Sŏho Line.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), {{ISBN|978-4-10-303731-6}}

History

Originally called Sŏhojin station, the station was opened on 1 December 1922 by the Chosen Government Railway as part of the {{convert|18.0|km|abbr=on}} Hamhŭng–Sŏhojin section of the Hamgyŏng Line. The station became the southern terminus of the narrow gauge Namhŭng Line (nowadays the Sõho Line) of the Sinhŭng Railway on 15 December 1936; the Sinhŭng Railway was bought and absorbed by the Chosen Railway on 22 April 1938.朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 3385, 3 May 1938 Sŏho station received its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.

References

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{{Pyongra Line}}

{{Soho Line}}

Category:Railway stations in North Korea opened in 1922

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