Wiyon Station

Wiyŏn
위연
Korean name
Hangul 위연역
Hanja 渭淵驛
Revised Romanization Wiyeon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Wiyŏn-yŏk
General information
Location Wiyŏn-dong,
Hyesan-si,
Ryanggang
North Korea
Coordinates 41°25′08″N 128°12′42″E / 41.4188°N 128.2116°E / 41.4188; 128.2116Coordinates: 41°25′08″N 128°12′42″E / 41.4188°N 128.2116°E / 41.4188; 128.2116
Owned by Korean State Railway
History
Opened 1 November 1937
Electrified yes
Original company Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station
Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line

Wiyŏn Station is a railway station in Wiyŏn-dong, greater Hyesan city, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway. It is also the starting point of the narrow-gauge Samjiyŏn line.[1]

History

The station, along with the rest of the Pongdu-ri-Hyesanjin- section, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 November 1937.[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]

Services

There is a large sawmill here that processes logs shipped by rail from the Paengmu narrow-gauge line via Paegam, and processed lumber is shipped from here to other destinations. Passenger trains run along the Samjiyŏn line to meet with trains running between Hyesan and Kilju.[4]

References

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


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