Kilju Chongnyon station

Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn 길주청년
Kilju Chongnyon station
Korean name
Hangul	길주청년역
Hanja	吉州青年驛
Revised Romanization	Giljucheongnyeon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Kiljuch'ŏngnyŏn-yŏk
General information
Location	Kilju-ŭp, Kilju, North Hamgyŏng North Korea
Coordinates	40°57′39″N 129°19′24″E / 40.9609°N 129.3233°E / 40.9609; 129.3233
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	1 November 1933
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Rodong towards P'yŏngyang P'yŏngra Line Kŭmsong towards Rajin Namsŏk towards Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Terminus

Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn station is a railway station in Kilju-ŭp, Kilju county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. It is the junction point of the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn and P'yŏngra lines of the Korean State Railway.^{[1][page needed]}

Originally called Kilju station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 길주역; Hanja: 吉州駅), the station, along with the rest of the Kilju–Hapsu section, was opened by the Government Railways of Chosen (朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 November 1933.^{[2][page needed]}

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]

There is a pulp mill and a plywood factory in Kilju that receive raw logs via trains from the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn line.^[4]

References

This page was last edited on 21 October 2023, at 16:55