Chongjin Chongnyon station

Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn station (Korean: 청진청년역) is the central railway station in Ch'ŏngjin-si, North Hamgyŏng Province, North Korea. It is the junction point of the Hambuk Line and the P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway, and is the beginning of the Ch'ŏngjinhang Line to Ch'ŏngjin Port.^[1]

Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn 청진청년
Korean name
Hangul	청진청년역
Hanja	淸津靑年驛
Revised Romanization	Cheongjin Cheongnyeon-nyeok
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn-nyŏk
General information
Location	Ch'ŏng'am-guyŏk, Chŏngjin-si, North Hamgyŏng North Korea
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	5 November 1916
Rebuilt	1 February 1942
Electrified	yes
Original company	Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Ch'ŏngam towards Rajin Hambuk Line Terminus Sunam towards P'yŏngyang P'yŏngra Line Ch'ŏngam towards Rajin Terminus Ch'ŏngjin Port Line Ch'ŏngjinhang Terminus

History

Originally called Ch'ŏngjin station, it was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 5 November 1916 together with the rest of the Ch'ŏngjin–Ch'angp'yŏng section of the former Hamgyŏng Line.^[2] On 1 February 1942, the original station at Ch'ŏngjin was closed after a new station – today's Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn station – was opened.^[3] It received its current name when the station was rebuilt after the Korean War.

Services

Freight

Adjacent to the station's yard is the Ch'ŏngjin Railway Equipment Factory, which manufactures freight cars and other railway equipment. The Ch'ŏngjin Steel Works is also served by rail.^[4]

Passenger

According to the 2002 passenger timetable, two express and four semi-express trains made scheduled stops at this station in each direction:^[5]

• Express trains 7/8, operating between P'yŏngyang and Moscow via Tumangang, via the P'yŏngra Line;
• Express trains 9/10, operating between P'yŏngyang and Musan, via the P'yŏngra Line towards P'yŏngyang and via the Hambuk and Musan Lines towards Musan;
• Semi-express trains 113/114, operating between West P'yŏngyang and Unsŏng, via the Hambuk Line;
• Semi-express trains 119-122/120-121, operating between Sinch'ŏn and Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn, via the P'yŏngra Line and the Ŭnnyul Line - this train takes three days to travel each way;^[6]
• Semi-express trains 124-125/126-127, operating between Sinŭiju Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn, via the P'yŏngra Line and the P'yŏngŭi Line;
• Semi-express trains 128-129-130/131-132-133, operating between Kalma and Rajin, via the Kangwŏn Line and the P'yŏngra Line.

In the 1980s, there were several other long-distance passenger trains that stopped at Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyon station:^[4]

• Kalma (Kangwŏn Line) - Ch'ŏngjin - Hoeryŏng (Hambuk Line) - Rajin;
• Ch'ŏngjin - Hoeryŏng - Rajin;
• Haeju (Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line) - Ch'ŏngjin - Unsŏng (Hambuk Line);
• Tanch'ŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn (P'yŏngra Line) - Ch'ŏngjin - Tumangang (Hongŭi Line).

There are also commuter trains:^[5]

• Trains 601/604, operating between Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Kŭndong on the Kangdŏk Line via Namgangdŏk;
• Trains 602/615 operate between Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Ranam.