Tumangang station
Tumangang 두만강 | |||||||||||
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 Street-side view of Tumangang Station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Tumangang-rodongjagu, Sŏnbong-gun, Rasŏn-t'ŭkpyŏlsi North Korea | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°25′17″N 130°36′29″E / 42.4214°N 130.6081°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 22 September 2013 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
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Tumangang Station is a railway station in Tumangang-rodongjagu, Sŏnbong, Rasŏn Special City, North Korea, on the Hongŭi Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
In 2008, construction was started from Khasan, Russia to Rajin port, including modernisation of communications equipment and the conversion of the standard-gauge track to dual-gauge (standard and Russian gauges), to allow movement of trains from Russia to Rajin without stopping for bogie changes. Construction was completed in October 2012, and an opening ceremony was held on 22 September 2013.[2]
There are service facilities for locomotives and rolling stock at Tumangang Station.[3]
Services
Freight
Tumangang Station is the primary transit point for trade with Russia. The main imports from Russia are timber and crude oil; the main exports are magnesite, steel, fertiliser, non-ferrous metals and non-ferrous metal concentrates,[3] but since the collapse of the Soviet Union freight traffic has dropped significantly.
Passenger
The international express train 7/8 that operates between P'yŏngyang and Moscow runs on this line between Hongŭi and Tumangang before crossing the border into Russia.[1] There is also a long-distance service between Tumangang and Tanch'ŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn station on the P'yŏngra Line.[3]
Further, the Russian Railways operate trains 651/652 between Ussuriysk and Tumangang.[4]
References
- ^ a b Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ "Khasan-Rajin line renovation". ITAR TASS. 2013-09-22.
- ^ a b c The traffic and geography in North Korea: Hambuk Line (in Korean)
- ^ Расписание беспересадочного вагона Москва — Пхеньян Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
