Saengjang Station

Saengjang
생장
Korean name
Hangul 생장
Hanja
Revised Romanization Saengjang-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Saengjang-yŏk
General information
Location Saengjang-rodongjagu,
Unhŭng,
Ryanggang
North Korea
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 1 September 1935
Electrified yes
Previous names Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line

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

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. 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
  3. 核실험 후 4개월간 길주-혜산 봉쇄
  4. The traffic and geography in North Korea: Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line (in Korean)

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