Sillyŏnp'o

신련포
Korean name
Hangul
신련포역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSinnyeonpo-yeok
McCune–ReischauerSillyŏnp'o-yŏk
General information
LocationSil-li,
Sunch'ŏn-si,
South P'yŏngan
North Korea
Coordinates39°26′25″N 125°58′02″E / 39.4403°N 125.9672°E / 39.4403; 125.9672
Owned byKorean State Railway
Line(s)P'yŏngra Line
Taegŏn Line
History
Opened1 October 1929
Electrifiedyes
Previous namesPongha
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Sunch'ŏn
towards P'yŏngyang
P'yŏngra Line Ŭnsan
towards Rajin
Terminus Taegŏn Line Taegŏn
towards Pongch'ang

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 Line to Oedong via 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. p. 88. 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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