Paegam Ch'ŏngnyŏn 백암청년 | ||||||||||||||||
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Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
Hangul | 백암청년역 | |||||||||||||||
Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
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°E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1 August 1934 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||
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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]
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]
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]