Cholsong Chongnyon station

Ch'ŏlsong Ch'ŏngnyŏn station is a railway station in Ch'ŏlsong-ri, Musan county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Musan Line of the Korean State Railway. It is also the starting point of the freight-only Musan Mining Branch to Musan Kwangsan station.^[1]

Ch'ŏlsong Ch'ŏngnyŏn 철송청년
Korean name
Hangul	철송청년역
Hanja	鐵松靑年驛
Revised Romanization	Cheolsongcheongnyeon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'ŏlsongch'ŏngnyŏn-yŏk
General information
Location	Ch'ŏlsong-ri, Musan, North Hamgyŏng North Korea
Coordinates	42°12′47″N 129°17′45″E
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	15 November 1929
Electrified	yes
Previous names	Chinhwa station
Original company	Chosen Railway
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Musan Ch'ŏlsan towards Musan Musan Line Chuch'o towards Komusan Terminus Musan Mining Line Musan Kwangsan Terminus

There is a locomotive depot located here.^[2]

History

Originally called Chinhwa station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 진화역; Hanja: 珍貨駅), it was opened by the Chosen Railway on 15 November 1929, along with the rest of the Sinch'am–Musan section of the Musan Line.^[3]

Services

Local passenger trains running between Musan and Ch'ŏngjin on the southern junction of the Hambuk and P'yŏngra lines serve this station, and there are several daily commuter trains for workers between Musan and Ch'ŏlsong and for students between Musan and Komusan.^[2] In addition, two daily pairs of local trains, 662/663 and 668/669, operate between Musan and Chuch'o.^[4]

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 93. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
2. "북한지리정보: 운수지리 함북선" [Traffic and geography in North Korea: Hambuk Line]. Naver (in Korean).
3. 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), pp. 511
4. Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 125. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.