Hongŭi

홍의
Korean name
Hangul
홍의역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHongui-yeok
McCune–ReischauerHongŭi-yŏk
General information
LocationHongŭi-ri,
Sŏnbong,
Rasŏn-t'ŭkpyŏlsi
North Korea
Coordinates42°25′32″N 130°32′12″E / 42.4255°N 130.5366°E / 42.4255; 130.5366
Owned byKorean State Railway
History
Opened16 November 1929
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station
Tumangang
towards Khasan (Russia)
 Hongŭi Line Terminus
Mulgol
towards Rajin
 Hambuk Line Sahoe
towards Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn

Hongŭi station is a railway station in Hongŭi-ri, Sŏnbong, Rasŏn Special City, North Korea; it is the junction point of the Hongŭi and Hambuk lines of the Korean State Railway.[1]

History

The station was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 16 November 1929, along with the rest of the Unggi–Sinasan section of the East Tomun Line – the first section of that line to be laid.

In 2008, construction was started from Khasan, Russia to Rajin port, including modernisation of communications equipment and the conversion of the standard-gauge track to dual-gauge (standard and Russian gauges), to allow movement of trains from Russia to Rajin without stopping for bogie changes. Construction was completed in October 2012, and an opening ceremony was held on 22 September 2013.[2]

Services

Freight

Tumangang station is the primary transit point for trade with Russia; all of this traffic passes through Hongŭi station. The main imports from Russia are timber and crude oil; the main exports are magnesite, steel, fertiliser, non-ferrous metals and non-ferrous metal concentrates,[3] but since the collapse of the Soviet Union freight traffic has dropped significantly.

Passenger

The international express train 7/8 that operates between P'yŏngyang and Moscow runs on this line between Hongŭi and Tumangang before crossing the border into Russia.[1] There is also a long-distance service between Tumangang and Tanch'ŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn station on the P'yŏngra Line.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. ↑ "Реконструкция железнодорожного участка Хасан - Раджин" [Khasan-Rajin line renovation]. ITAR TASS (in Russian). 22 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Hambuk Line". The traffic and geography in North Korea (in Korean).
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