Chongjin Chongnyon station
{{Short description|Railway station in North Korea}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn
| native_name = 청진청년
| native_name_lang = ko
| mlanguage = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes
| hangul = 청진청년역
| hanja = 淸津靑年驛
| mr = Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn-nyŏk
| rr = Cheongjin Cheongnyeon-nyeok
}}
| image =
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| address = Ch'ŏng'am-guyŏk,
Chŏngjin-si,
North Hamgyŏng
| country = North Korea
| coordinates =
| structure =
| platform =
| tracks =
| opened = 5 November 1916
| closed =
| rebuilt = 1 February 1942
| electrified = yes
| owned = Korean State Railway
| former =
| original = {{nowrap|Chosen Government Railway}}
| services = {{adjacent stations|system=KSR
|line1=Hambuk Line|left1=Chongam|right1=
|line2=Pyongra Line|left2=Sunam |right2=Chongam
|line3=Chongjinhang Branch|left3=|right3=Chongjinhang}}
}}
Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn station ({{Korean|hangul=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.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), {{ISBN|978-4-10-303731-6}}
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.Japanese Government Railways, 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, 1937, pp 498–501, 504–505 (Japanese) 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.朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 4479, 29 December 1941 (in Japanese) 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.The traffic and geography in North Korea: [http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2090780&cid=44454&categoryId=44461 Hambuk Line] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230000000/http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2090780&cid=44454&categoryId=44461 |date=2016-12-30 }} (in Korean)
=Passenger=
According to the 2002 passenger timetable, two express and four semi-express trains made scheduled stops at this station in each direction:Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), pp. 124-125, {{ISBN|978-4-10-303731-6}}
- 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;Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. 86 {{ISBN|978-4-10-303731-6}}
- 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:
- 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:
- 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.
References
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{{Chongjinhang Line}}
{{Hambuk Line}}
{{Pyongra Line}}
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Category:Buildings and structures in North Hamgyong Province