Chagang Samgang station

Chagang Samgang station is a railway station in Samgang-ri, Manp'o municipal city, Chagang Province, North Korea, on the Pukbunaeryuk Line of the Korean State Railway.^[1]

Chagang Samgang 자강삼강
Chagang Samgang station
Korean name
Hangul	자강삼강역
Hanja	慈江三江驛
Revised Romanization	Jagang Samgang-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Chagang Samgang-yŏk
General information
Location	Samgang-ri, Manp'o-si, Chagang Province North Korea
Coordinates	41.3651°N 126.5001°E / 41.3651; 126.5001
Owned by	Korean State Railway
Line(s)	Pukbunaeryuk Line
History
Opened	1959
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Simridong towards Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn Pukbunaeryuk Line Songsam towards Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn

History

The station was opened in 1959 by the Korean State Railway, along with the rest of the original Unbong Line from Hyesan to Manp'o; much of this line was absorbed into the Pukpu Line in 1988.^[2]

When the Unbong Line, having been built to assist with the construction of the Unbong Dam on the Yalu River, was built, a branch from Chagang Samgang to the Chinese side of the construction site was built; the branch was subsequently closed, but the bridge across the Yalu is still there, and the right-of-way on the Chinese side is in use as an unpaved trail.

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) [Shogun's Railway] (in Japanese). p. 91. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
2. "북부철길 전철화, 동아일보" [Northern Railway Train, Dong-A Ilbo] (in Korean). January 30, 1992.