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Paegam Ch'ŏngnyŏn station is a railway station in Paegam-ŭp, Paegam county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway. The narrow-gauge Paengmu Line connects to the standard-gauge network here.[1]

Paegam Ch'ŏngnyŏn 백암청년
Korean name
Hangul	백암청년역
Hanja	白岩青年驛
Revised Romanization	Baegamcheongnyeon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Paegamch'ŏngnyŏn-yŏk
General information
Location	Paegam-ŭp, Paegam, Ryanggang North Korea
Coordinates	41.2438°N 128.8009°E / 41.2438; 128.8009
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	1 August 1934
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Ryŏngha towards Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Namgye towards Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn Taet'aek towards Musan Paengmu Line Terminus

History

Originally called Paegam station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 백암역; Hanja: 白岩駅), the station, along with the rest of the Hapsu–Paegam section, was opened by the Government Railways of Chosen (朝鮮総督府鉄道) on 1 August 1934.[2] It received its current name in 1960.

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]

Services

Paegam station is an important hub for freight traffic in Ryanggang province. Raw logs are shipped here from locations on the Paengmu line, and forwarded by rail to a large sawmill at Wiyŏn, as well as to a pulp mill and plywood factory in Kilju.[4]

Express passenger trains 1/2, operating between P'yŏngyang and Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn, stop at Paegam station.[1]

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