Hangul 회령청년역 Owned by Korean State Railway Owner Korean State Railway | Hanja 会寧青年驛 Opened 25 November 1917 | |
Revised Romanization Hoeryeong Cheongnyeon-yeok McCune–Reischauer Hoeryŏng Ch'ŏngnyŏn-yŏk Location Hoeryŏng, North Hamgyŏng
North Korea Address Hoeryŏng, North Hamgyong, North Korea Similar Sugupo Station, Kangyang Station, Pungri Station | ||
Hoeryŏng Ch'ŏngnyŏn Station is a railway station in Hoeryŏng-si, North Hamgyŏng, North Korea, on the Hambuk Line of the Korean State Railway. It is also the starting point of the 10.6-km-long freight-only Hoeryŏng Colliery Line to Yusŏn-dong, Hoeryŏng-si.
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There are locomotive servicing facilities at this station.
History
Originally called Hoeryŏng Station, it was opened on 25 November 1917 together with the rest of the P'ungsan-Hoeryŏng section of the former Hamgyŏng Line. It received its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.
Freight
Trains carrying coal from mines on the Hoeryŏng Colliery Line to the Kim Chaek Iron & Steel Complex at Kimchaek and the Ch'ŏngjin Steel Works in Ch'ŏngjin run regularly through this station.
Passenger
A number of passenger trains serve Hoeryŏng Ch'ŏngnyŏn station, including the semi-express trains 113/114, operating between West P'yŏngyang and Unsŏng via Ch'ŏngjin and Hoeryŏng. There are also long-distance trains Kalma-Ch'ŏngjin-Hoeryŏng-Rajin; Ch'ŏngjin-Hoeryŏng-Rajin; Haeju-Ch'ŏngjin-Hoeryŏng-Unsŏng; and Tanch'ŏnCh'ŏngjin-Hoeryŏng-Tumangang. There is also a commuter service operated between Hoeryŏng and Sech'ŏn via Sinhakp'o.