Yomju Station
Yŏmju 염주 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 염주역 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 鹽州驛 | |||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Yeomju-yeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏmju-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
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| Location |
Yŏmju-ŭp, Yŏmju County, North P'yŏngan Province North Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 5 November 1905 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
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Yŏmju Station is a railway station in Yŏmju-ŭp, Yŏmju County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea. It is the junction point of the P'yŏngŭi and Paengma lines of the Korean State Railway.[1]
History
The station was opened, along with the rest of this section of the Kyŏngŭi Line, on 5 November 1905.
After the bridge across the Yalu River was opened on 1 November 1911, connecting Sinŭiju to Dandong, China, Yŏmju station became a stop for international trains to and from Manchuria. It is still a stopping point for international trains between P'yŏngyang and Beijing.
When the Kyŏngŭi line was opened, the mainline followed the route of the current Paengma Line; after the nationalisation of the railways in 1945, the Yŏmju - Ryongch'ŏn - Namsinŭiju line was reclassified as the mainline of the P'yŏngŭi line, while the line via Paengma was designated a secondary line.
References
- ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
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| Sijŏng Branch |
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| Ryonghŭng Branch |
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| Namhŭng Branch | |
| Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk Branch |
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| Tongch'ŏn Branch |
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Coordinates: 39°53′41″N 124°36′08″E / 39.89472°N 124.60222°E