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]
Paegam Ch'ŏngnyŏn 백암청년 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 백암청년역 | |||||||||||||||
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| Revised Romanization | Baegamcheongnyeon-yeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Paegamch'ŏngnyŏn-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Paegam-ŭp, Paegam, Ryanggang North Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°14′38″N 128°48′03″E / 41.2438°N 128.8009°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 August 1934 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
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History
editOriginally 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
editPaegam 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
edit- ^ a b 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]. Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company.
- ^ "核실험 후 4개월간 길주-혜산 봉쇄" [4 months after the experiment gilju – Hyesan blockade]. Daily Chosun.
- ^ "백두산청년선" [Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line]. Knowledge Encyclopedia (in Korean).