Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn station is the central railway station of Hyesan city, located in the Ch'un-dong neighbourhood of greater Hyesan city, Ryanggang province, North Korea. A large station with seven tracks, it is the junction point of the Korean State Railway's Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Pukbunaeryuk lines.[1]
Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn 혜산청년 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 혜산청년역 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Hyesancheongnyeon-yeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Hyesanch'ŏngnyŏn-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Ch'un-dong, Hyesan-si, Ryanggang North Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°23′50″N 128°10′09″E / 41.3972°N 128.1691°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Pukbunaeryuk Line | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 7 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 November 1937 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Chosen Government Railway Hyesan | |||||||||||||||
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History edit
Originally called Hyesan station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 혜산역; Hanja: 恵山駅), the station, along with the rest of the Pongdu-ri-Hyesanjin section of the Kilhye Line, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 November 1937.[2] It received its current name sometime after the 1970s.
In 1997 there was an accident at the station involving the collision of two trains.
Services edit
Hyesan is a significant point for the movement of freight to and from various points in Ryanggang Province.[3] There is also significant passenger traffic to and from Hyesan; in addition to various local trains on both the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Pukpu lines, there are express trains (1/2) to P'yŏngyang and (3/4) to West P'yŏngyang via Kilju, as well as semi-express trains between Hyesan and Kilju (101/102) and between Hyesan and Haeju via Kilju (104-107/108-111)[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 91. 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] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company. p. 502.
- ^ "백두산청년선" [Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line]. The traffic and geography in North Korea (in Korean).