Charyong Station

Last updated
Ch'aryŏng
차령
Korean name
Hangul 차령역
Hanja
Revised Romanization Charyeong-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Ch'aryŏng-yŏk
General information
Location Puryŏng,
North Hamgyŏng
North Korea
Coordinates 42°09′39″N129°33′19″E / 42.1607°N 129.5554°E / 42.1607; 129.5554 Coordinates: 42°09′39″N129°33′19″E / 42.1607°N 129.5554°E / 42.1607; 129.5554
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 20 August 1927
Electrified yes
Services
Preceding station  Korean State Railway  Following station
toward  Musan
Musan Line
toward  Komusan

Ch'aryŏng Station is a railway station in Puryŏng county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Musan Line of the Korean State Railway. [1] [ page needed ]

Puryong County County in North Hamgyong Province, North Korea

Puryŏng County is a kun, or county, in North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea.

North Hamgyong Province Province in Kwanbuk, North Korea

North Hamgyong Province is the northernmost province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Hamgyong Province.

North Korea Sovereign state in East Asia

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, with Pyongyang the capital and the largest city in the country. The name Korea is derived from Goguryeo which was one of the great powers in East Asia during its time, ruling most of the Korean Peninsula, Manchuria, parts of the Russian Far East and Inner Mongolia, under Gwanggaeto the Great. To the north and northwest, the country is bordered by China and by Russia along the Amnok and Tumen rivers; it is bordered to the south by South Korea, with the heavily fortified Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two. Nevertheless, North Korea, like its southern counterpart, claims to be the legitimate government of the entire peninsula and adjacent islands.

It was opened, along with the rest of the Komusan-Sinch'am section of the Musan line, on 20 August 1927.

Komusan Station is a railway station in Komusal-lodongjagu, Puryŏng, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. It is the junction point of the Hambuk and Musan lines of the Korean State Railway.

Local passenger trains running between Musan and Ch'ŏngjin on the southern junction of the Hambuk and P'yŏngra lines serve this station, and there are several daily commuter trains for workers and students between Musan and Komusan. [2]

Musan Station is a railway station in Musan-ŭp, Musan county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, at the terminus of the Musan Line of the Korean State Railway. The narrow-gauge Paengmu Line from Paegam on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line also terminates here.


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Hambuk Line trunk line of the North Korean State Railway

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Musan Line The railway which connects Puryong with Musan in DPRK.

The Musan Line is an electrified standard-gauge secondary trunk line of the Korean State Railway in Musan and Puryŏng counties, North Hamgyŏng Province, North Korea, running from Komusan on the Hambuk Line to Musan, where it connects to the narrow-gauge Paengmu Line. The section from Komusan to Sinch'am is double tracked.

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References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. ISBN   978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. "북한지리정보: 운수지리 함북선" [Traffic and geography in North Korea: Hambuk Line]. Naver (in Korean).