Hoeryong Chongnyon station

Hoeryŏng Ch'ŏngnyŏn station is a railway station in Hoeryŏng-si, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway. It is also the starting point of the 10.6-km-long freight-only Hoeryŏng Colliery Line to Yusŏn-dong, Hoeryŏng-si.^[1]

Hoeryŏng Ch'ŏngnyŏn 회령청년
Hoeryŏng Ch'ŏngnyŏn station
Korean name
Hangul	회령청년역
Hanja	会寧青年驛
Revised Romanization	Hoeryeong Cheongnyeon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Hoeryŏng Ch'ŏngnyŏn-yŏk
General information
Location	Hoeryŏng, North Hamgyŏng North Korea
Coordinates	42.4449°N 129.7425°E / 42.4449; 129.7425
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	25 November 1917
Electrified	yes
Previous names	Hoeryŏng
Original company	Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Kŭmsaeng towards Rajin Hambuk Line Taedŏk towards Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn Pongŭi towards Yusŏn Hoeryŏng Colliery Line Terminus
Location

There are locomotive servicing facilities at this station.^[2]

History

Originally called Hoeryŏng station, it was opened on 25 November 1917 together with the rest of the P'ungsan-Hoeryŏng section of the former Hamgyŏng Line.^[3] It received its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.

Services

Freight

Trains carrying coal from mines on the Hoeryŏng Colliery Line to the Kim Chaek Iron & Steel Complex at Kimchaek and the Ch'ŏngjin Steel Works in Ch'ŏngjin run regularly through this station.^[2]

Passenger

A number of passenger trains serve Hoeryŏng Ch'ŏngnyŏn station, including the semi-express trains 113/114, operating between West P'yŏngyang and Unsŏng via Ch'ŏngjin and Hoeryŏng.^[1] There are also long-distance trains Kalma-Ch'ŏngjin-Hoeryŏng-Rajin; Ch'ŏngjin-Hoeryŏng-Rajin; Haeju-Ch'ŏngjin-Hoeryŏng-Unsŏng; and Tanch'ŏnCh'ŏngjin-Hoeryŏng-Tumangang. There is also a commuter service operated between Hoeryŏng and Sech'ŏn via Sinhakp'o.^[2]