Charyong station explained

Ch'aryŏng
Native Name:차령
Native Name Lang:ko
Mlanguage:
Child:yes
Hangul:차령역
Mr:Ch'aryŏng-yŏk
Rr:Charyeong-yeok
Borough:Puryŏng,
North Hamgyŏng
Country:North Korea
Opened:20 August 1927
Electrified:yes
Owned:Korean State Railway
Coordinates:42.1607°N 129.5554°W

Ch'aryŏng station is a railway station in Puryŏng county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Musan Line of the Korean State Railway.[1]

It was opened, along with the rest of the KomusanSinch'am section of the Musan line, on 20 August 1927.

Local passenger trains running between Musan and Ch'ŏngjin on the southern junction of the Hambuk and P'yŏngra lines serve this station, and there are several daily commuter trains for workers and students between Musan and Komusan.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道. Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. Web site: 북한지리정보: 운수지리 함북선. Traffic and geography in North Korea: Hambuk Line. Korean. Naver.