Paegam Chongnyon station

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Paegam Ch'ŏngnyŏn

백암청년
Korean name
Hangul
백암청년역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBaegamcheongnyeon-yeok
McCune–ReischauerPaegamch'ŏngnyŏn-yŏk
General information
LocationPaegam-ŭp,
Paegam,
Ryanggang
North Korea
Coordinates41°14′38″N 128°48′03″E / 41.2438°N 128.8009°E / 41.2438; 128.8009Coordinates: 41°14′38″N 128°48′03″E / 41.2438°N 128.8009°E / 41.2438; 128.8009
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened1 August 1934
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
toward Musan
Paengmu LineTerminus

Paegam Ch'ŏngnyŏn station is a railway station in Paegam-ŭp, Paegam county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway. The narrow-gauge Paengmu Line connects to the standard-gauge network here.[1]

History[]

Originally called Paegam station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 백암역; Hanja: 白岩駅), the station, along with the rest of the Hapsu–Paegam section, was opened by the Government Railways of Chosen (朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 August 1934.[2] It received its current name in 1960.

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[]

Paegam station is an important hub for freight traffic in Ryanggang province. Raw logs are shipped here from locations on the Paengmu line, and forwarded by rail to a large sawmill at Wiyŏn, as well as to a pulp mill and plywood factory in Kilju.[4]

Express passenger trains 1/2, operating between P'yŏngyang and Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn, stop at Paegam station.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b 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]. Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company.
  3. ^ "核실험 후 4개월간 길주-혜산 봉쇄" [4 months after the experiment gilju – Hyesan blockade]. Daily Chosun.
  4. ^ "백두산청년선" [Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line]. Knowledge Encyclopedia (in Korean).
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