Wiyon Chongnyon station

Wiyŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn

위연청년
Korean name
Hangul
위연청년역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationWiyeon-yeok
McCune–ReischauerWiyŏn-yŏk
General information
LocationWiyŏn-dong,
Hyesan-si,
Ryanggang
North Korea
Coordinates41°25′08″N 128°12′42″E / 41.4188°N 128.2116°E / 41.4188; 128.2116
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1 November 1937
Electrifiedyes
Original companyChosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Terminus
 Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Kŏmsalli
towards Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Hwajŏn
towards Motka
 Samjiyŏn Line Terminus

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]

History

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

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

  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), 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
  3. ^ "核실험 후 4개월간 길주-혜산 봉쇄" [4 months after the experiment gilju - Hyesan blockade]. Daily Chosun.
  4. ^ The traffic and geography in North Korea: Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line (in Korean)
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