Sariwon Chongnyon station

Sariwŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn station is the central railway station of 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] It is also the northern terminus of the Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line.[1]

Sariwŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn 사리원청년
Korean name
Hangul	사리원청년역
Hanja	沙里院青年驛
Revised Romanization	Sariwoncheongnyeon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Sariwŏnch'ŏngnyŏn-yŏk
General information
Location	Sariwŏn-si, North Hwanghae North Korea
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	1906
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Chŏngbang toward P'yŏngyang P'yŏngbu Line East Sariwŏn toward Dorasan (ROK) Terminus Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Songsan toward Haeju Ch'ŏngnyŏn

The station was opened in 1906, at the same time as the line itself. In 1945, when the division of Korea took place, Sariwŏn station became the end point of the North Korean section of the former Kyŏngŭi Line; however, at the end of the Korean War, with Kaesŏng becoming part of North Korea, the latter station became the terminus of the P'yŏngbu Line, as the line was renamed. It was given the current name, Sariwŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn station, in 1974.

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6