Kilju Chongnyon station
Railway station in Kilju County, North Korea
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Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn station is a railway station in Kilju-ŭp, Kilju county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. It is the junction point of the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn and P'yŏngra lines of the Korean State Railway.[1][page needed]
Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn 길주청년 | ||||||||||||||||
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![](#/media/File:80-G-437274_"Carlson's_Canyon"_Bridge_Attacks,_March-April_1951.jpg) Kilju Chongnyon station | ||||||||||||||||
| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 길주청년역 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Giljucheongnyeon-yeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Kiljuch'ŏngnyŏn-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Kilju-ŭp, Kilju, North Hamgyŏng North Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40.9609°N 129.3233°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owner | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1 November 1933 | |||||||||||||||
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Originally called Kilju station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 길주역; Hanja: 吉州駅), the station, along with the rest of the Kilju–Hapsu section, was opened by the Government Railways of Chosen (朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 November 1933.[2][page needed]
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]
There is a pulp mill and a plywood factory in Kilju that receive raw logs via trains from the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn line.[4]