Tongsariwon station

East Sariwŏn 동사리원
Korean name
Hangul	동사리원역
Hanja	東沙里院驛
Revised Romanization	Dongsariwon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Tongsariwŏn-yŏk
General information
Location	Sariwŏn-si North Hwanghae Province North Korea
Coordinates	38°36′37″N 125°43′35″E
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	1 December 1926
Electrified	yes
Previous names	Sinbongsan
Original company	Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station 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. 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