Sasu station

Railway station in North Korea

Sasu

사수

Korean name

Hangul

사수역

Hanja

泗水驛

Revised Romanization

Sasu-yeok

McCune–Reischauer

Sasu-yŏk

General information

Location

Yangji-rodongjagu,
Changjin-gun,
South Hamgyŏng
North Korea

Coordinates

Preceding station	Korean State Railway			Following station
Terminus		Changjin Line		Changjin towards Yŏnggwang

Sasu station is a railway station in Yangji-rodongjagu, Changjin County, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, the northern terminus of the Changjin Line of the Korean State Railway.^[1]

History

The station was opened on 1 November 1934 by the Sinhŭng Railway as part of the second section of its Changjin Line between Samgŏ and Kujin.^[2] Sasu became the terminus of the line after the closure of the Sindae–Kujin and Sasu–Sindae sections on 15 July and 30 August 1935 respectively.^[3]^[4] The Sinhŭng Railway was bought and absorbed by the Chosen Railway on 22 April 1938.^[5]

References

^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2348, 7 November 1934
^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2557, 22 July 1935
^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2595, 4 September 1935
^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 3385, 3 May 1938