Hangul 위연역 Revised Romanization Wiyeon-yeok Owned by Korean State Railway Opened 1 November 1937 People also search for Karim Station | Hanja 渭淵驛 McCune–Reischauer Wiyŏn-yŏk Address Ryanggang, North Korea Owner Korean State Railway | |
Location Wiyŏn-dong,
Hyesan-si,
Ryanggang
North Korea | ||
Wiyŏn 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.
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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.
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.
Services
There is a large sawmill here that processes logs shipped by rail from the Paengmu narrow-gauge line via Paegam, and processed lumber is shipped from here to other destinations. Passenger trains run along the Samjiyŏn line to meet with trains running between Hyesan and Kilju.