Chongjin Chongnyon Station

Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn
청진청년
Korean name
Hangul 청진청년역
Hanja
Revised Romanization Cheongjin Cheongnyeon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn-yŏk
General information
Location Ch'ŏngam-guyŏk,
Chŏngjin-si, North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 5 November 1916
Rebuilt 1 July 1940
Electrified yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
Ch'ŏngam
toward Rajin
Hambuk LineTerminus
Ch'ŏngam
toward Rajin
P'yŏngra Line
Sunam
toward P'yŏngyang
TerminusCh'ŏngjinhang Branch
Ch'ŏngjinhang
Terminus

Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn Station is the central railway station in Ch'ŏngjin-si, North Hamgyŏng Province, North Korea. It is the junction point of the Hambuk and P'yŏngra lines of the Korean State Railway, and is the beginning of the Ch'ŏngjinhang branch to Ch'ŏngjin Port.[1]

History

Originally called Ch'ŏngjin Station, it was opened on 5 November 1916 together with the rest of the Ch'ŏngjin-Ch'angp'yŏng section of the former Hamgyŏng Line. It received its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.[2]

Services

Freight

Adjacent to the station's yard is the Ch'ŏngjin Railway Equipment Factory, which manufactures freight cars and other railway equipment. The Ch'ŏngjin Steel Works is also served by rail.[3]

Passenger

Three pairs of passenger express trains are known to operate on this line:[1]

Several other long-distance passenger trains stop at Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyon station:[3]

There are also commuter trains:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. Japanese Government Railways, 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, 1937, pp 498–501, 504–505 (Japanese)
  3. 1 2 The traffic and geography in North Korea: Hambuk Line (in Korean)

Coordinates: 41°47′35″N 129°47′55″E / 41.79306°N 129.79861°E / 41.79306; 129.79861

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