Tumangang Station

Tumangang 두만강
Street-side view of Tumangang Station
Korean name
Hangul	두만강역
Hanja	豆満江驛
Revised Romanization	Dumangang-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Tumangang-yŏk
General information
Location	Tumangang-rodongjagu, Sŏnbong-gun, Rasŏn-t'ŭkpyŏlsi North Korea
Coordinates	42°25′17″N 130°36′29″E / 42.4214°N 130.6081°E / 42.4214; 130.6081Coordinates: 42°25′17″N 130°36′29″E / 42.4214°N 130.6081°E / 42.4214; 130.6081
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	22 September 2013
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Khasan (Russia) Terminus Hongŭi Line Hongŭi Terminus

Tumangang Station is a railway station in Tumangang-rodongjagu, Sŏnbong, Rasŏn Special City, North Korea, on the Hongŭi Line of the Korean State Railway.^[1]

In 2008, construction was started from Khasan, Russia to Rajin port, including modernisation of communications equipment and the conversion of the standard-gauge track to dual-gauge (standard and Russian gauges), to allow movement of trains from Russia to Rajin without stopping for bogie changes. Construction was completed in October 2012, and an opening ceremony was held on 22 September 2013.^[2]

There are service facilities for locomotives and rolling stock at Tumangang Station.^[3]

Services

Freight

Tumangang Station is the primary transit point for trade with Russia. The main imports from Russia are timber and crude oil; the main exports are magnesite, steel, fertiliser, non-ferrous metals and non-ferrous metal concentrates,^[3] but since the collapse of the Soviet Union freight traffic has dropped significantly.

Passenger

The international express train 7/8 that operates between P'yŏngyang and Moscow runs on this line between Hongŭi and Tumangang before crossing the border into Russia.^[1] There is also a long-distance service between Tumangang and Tanch'ŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn station on the P'yŏngra Line.^[3]

Further, the Russian Railways operate trains 651/652 between Ussuriysk and Tumangang.^[4]

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