Wiyon Chongnyon station
Railway station in North Korea
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Wiyŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn 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]
Wiyŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn 위연청년 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 위연청년역 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | ||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Wiyeon-yeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Wiyŏn-yŏk | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Wiyŏn-dong, Hyesan-si, Ryanggang North Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41.4188°N 128.2116°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owner | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1 November 1937 | |||||||||||||||
Original company | Chosen Government Railway | |||||||||||||||
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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]
