Wiyŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn station is a railway station in Wiyŏn-dong, greater Hyesan city, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway. It is also the starting point of the narrow-gauge Samjiyŏn line.[1]
Wiyŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn 위연청년 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 위연청년역 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Wiyeon-yeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Wiyŏn-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Wiyŏn-dong, Hyesan-si, Ryanggang North Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°25′08″N 128°12′42″E / 41.4188°N 128.2116°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1 November 1937 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
| Original company | Chosen Government Railway | |||||||||||||||
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History edit
The station, along with the rest of the Pongdu-ri–Hyesanjin section, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 November 1937.[2]
On 9 October 2006 an underground nuclear test was conducted at P'unggye-ri in Kilju County, causing the closure of the line for 3-4 months.[3]
Services edit
There is a large sawmill here that processes logs shipped by rail from the Paengmu narrow-gauge line via Paegam, and processed lumber is shipped from here to other destinations. Passenger trains run along the Samjiyŏn line to meet with trains running between Hyesan and Kilju.[4]
References edit
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ 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
- ^ "核실험 후 4개월간 길주-혜산 봉쇄" [4 months after the experiment gilju - Hyesan blockade]. Daily Chosun.
- ^ The traffic and geography in North Korea: Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line (in Korean)
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