Sinuiju Chongnyon station

Sinuiju Chongnyon station, also known as Sinŭiju Ch'ŏngnyŏn station, is a railway station in Yŏkchŏn-dong, Sinŭiju-si, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea. It is the northern terminus of the P'yŏngŭi Line of the Korean State Railway, and the starting point of the Kang'an Line, which is an industrial line serving the factories of Sinŭiju.[1]

Sinŭiju Ch'ŏngnyŏn

신의주청년
View of Sinŭiju Ch'ŏngnyŏn station of the platform area
Korean name
Hangul
신의주청년역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSinuijucheongnyeon-yeok
McCune–ReischauerSinŭijuch'ŏngnyŏn-yŏk
General information
LocationYŏkchŏn-dong,
Sinŭiju-si,
North P'yŏngan
North Korea
Owned byKorean State Railway
Platforms5 (2 island platforms)
Tracks14
History
Opened1911
Rebuilt1954
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Dandong (China)
Terminus
 P'yŏngŭi Line South Sinŭiju
towards P'yŏngyang
Terminus Kangan Line Kangan
Terminus

The station is the main recipient for overland traffic between North Korea and the People's Republic of China, and is one of the country's most important rail stations, as it controls access to the Chinese city of Dandong over the Yalu River, via the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge.[2] Adjacent to the station is a locomotive maintenance depot.[2]

History

The Kyŏngŭi Line was opened on 3 April 1906, and general passenger and freight service began on 1 April 1908. The original station was located at what is now Kang'an station, 1.8 km (1.1 mi) to the northwest of the current Sinŭiju Ch'ŏngnyŏn station, but, following the opening of the Yalu River Bridge connecting the Kyŏngŭi Line to the South Manchuria Railway's Shendan (Anpo) Line, the Chosen Government Railway opened a new station at the current site.[3]

The old station was then renamed Lower Sinŭiju station. On 1 June 1936, Lower Sinŭiju station was renamed Sinŭiju Kang'an station, and the 1.8 km (1.1 mi) line from Sinŭiju station to Sinŭiju Kang'an station was detached from the Kyŏngŭi Line to become the Kang'an Line.[4] Passenger service on the Kang'an Line was discontinued on 31 March 1943,[5] with general (public) freight traffic being relocated from Sinŭiju Kang'an to Sinŭiju station on 20 December of that year.[6]

The original three-story European style building was destroyed by UN forces in the Korean War, and the station was rebuilt after the war; it received the current name at the same time, in honour of the Youth Shock Troops who took part in the reconstruction of the station.

References
  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. North Korea Geographic Information: Transportation Geograph – P'yŏngŭi Line (in Korean)
  3. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Meiji, 24 November 1911.
  4. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 2785, 28 April 1936
  5. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 4845, 29 March 1943
  6. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 5065, 20 December 1943

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