Saengjang station
Saengjang 생장 | |||||||||||
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| Hangul | 생장 | ||||||||||
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| Revised Romanization | Saengjang-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Saengjang-yŏk | ||||||||||
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| Location | Saengjang-rodongjagu, Unhŭng, Ryanggang North Korea | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 September 1935 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Chosen Government Railway | ||||||||||
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Saengjang station is a railway station in Saengjang-rodongjagu, Unhŭng county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
The station, along with the rest of the Paegam–Pongdu-ri section, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 September 1935.[2]
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]
The primary commodity shipped from Saengjang is forest products.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), 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), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo
- ^ 核실험 후 4개월간 길주-혜산 봉쇄
- ^ The traffic and geography in North Korea: Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line (in Korean)
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