Saengjang_station

Saengjang station

Saengjang station

Railway station in North Korea

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]

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

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