Wiyon Station
Wiyŏn 위연 | |||||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 위연역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | 渭淵驛 | ||||||||||
| 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°ECoordinates: 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 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Wiyŏn 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ The traffic and geography in North Korea: Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line (in Korean)
