Mirim Station

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Mirim
미림
Korean name
Hangul 미림역
Hanja 美 林 驛
Revised Romanization Mirim-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Mirim-yŏk
General information
Location P'yŏngyang
North Korea
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 5 May 1918
Electrified yes
Original company Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station  Korean State Railway  Following station
P'yŏngdŏk Line
toward  P'yŏngyang

Mirim Station is a freight-only railway station located in P'yŏngyang, North Korea, on the P'yŏngdŏk Line of the Korean State Railway. [1]

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History

The station was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 5 May 1918, as part of the second section of the P'yŏngyang Colliery Line.

Chosen Government Railway

The Chosen Government Railway was a state-owned railway company in Korea under Japanese rule. It was a department of the Railway Bureau of the Government-General of Korea, whose functions were the management and operation of railways in Korea, as well as the supervision of privately owned railway companies.

Services

The freight-only station at Mirim is responsible for handling freight for the Taedonggang-guyŏk, Taesong-guyŏk and Sadong-guyŏk districts of P'yŏngyang. The main commodities arriving there are anthracite from Namdŏk, Hŭngryŏng and elsewhere, and cement from the Sŭngho-ri Cement Factory at Sŭngho-ri. [2]

Anthracite A hard, compact variety of coal that has a submetallic luster

Anthracite, often referred to as hard coal, is a hard, compact variety of coal that has a submetallic luster. It has the highest carbon content, the fewest impurities, and the highest energy density of all types of coal and is the highest ranking of coals.

Cement Hydraulic binder used in the composition of mortar and concrete

A cement is a binder, a substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together. Cement is seldom used on its own, but rather to bind sand and gravel (aggregate) together. Cement mixed with fine aggregate produces mortar for masonry, or with sand and gravel, produces concrete. Cement is the most widely used material in existence and is only behind water as the planet's most-consumed resource.

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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. ↑ "평덕선" (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-03-21.

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