Paegam Chongnyon Station

Paegam Ch'ŏngnyŏn 백암청년
Korean name
Hangul	백암청년역
Hanja	白岩青年驛
Revised Romanization	Baegamcheongnyeon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Paegamch'ŏngnyŏn-yŏk
General information
Location	Paegam-ŭp, Paegam, Ryanggang North Korea
Coordinates	41°14′38″N 128°48′03″E / 41.2438°N 128.8009°ECoordinates: 41°14′38″N 128°48′03″E / 41.2438°N 128.8009°E
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	1 August 1934
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Ryŏngha toward Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Namgye toward Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn Taet'aek toward Musan Paengmu Line Terminus

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. 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]. Rainbow (blog).
4. "백두산청년선" [Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line]. Knowledge Encyclopedia (in Korean).