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Cholsong Chongnyon station

Coordinates: 42°12′47″N 129°17′45″E / 42.21306°N 129.29583°E / 42.21306; 129.29583
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Ch'ŏlsong Ch'ŏngnyŏn

철송청년
Korean name
Hangul
철송청년역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationCheolsongcheongnyeon-yeok
McCune–ReischauerCh'ŏlsongch'ŏngnyŏn-yŏk
General information
LocationCh'ŏlsong-ri,
Musan,
North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates42°12′47″N 129°17′45″E / 42.21306°N 129.29583°E / 42.21306; 129.29583
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened15 November 1929
Electrifiedyes
Previous namesChinhwa station
Original companyChosen Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Musan Ch'ŏlsan
towards Musan
Musan Line Chuch'o
towards Komusan
Terminus Musan Mining Line Musan Kwangsan
Terminus

Ch'ŏlsong Ch'ŏngnyŏn station is a railway station in Ch'ŏlsong-ri, Musan county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Musan Line of the Korean State Railway. It is also the starting point of the freight-only Musan Mining Branch to Musan Kwangsan station.[1]

There is a locomotive depot located here.[2]

History

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Originally called Chinhwa station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 진화역; Hanja: 珍貨駅), it was opened by the Chosen Railway on 15 November 1929, along with the rest of the Sinch'amMusan section of the Musan Line.[3]

Services

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Local passenger trains running between Musan and Ch'ŏngjin on the southern junction of the Hambuk and P'yŏngra lines serve this station, and there are several daily commuter trains for workers between Musan and Ch'ŏlsong and for students between Musan and Komusan.[2] In addition, two daily pairs of local trains, 662/663 and 668/669, operate between Musan and Chuch'o.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 93. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. ^ a b "북한지리정보: 운수지리 함북선" [Traffic and geography in North Korea: Hambuk Line]. Naver (in Korean).
  3. ^ 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), pp. 511
  4. ^ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 125. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.