Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn 길주청년 | ||||||||||||||||
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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°57′39″N 129°19′24″E / 40.9609°N 129.3233°E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Korean State Railway | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1 November 1933 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | yes | |||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||
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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]
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]