| Yŏmju | |||||||||
| Native Name: | 염주 | ||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | ko | ||||||||
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| Borough: | Yŏmju-ŭp, Yŏmju County, North P'yŏngan Province | ||||||||
| Country: | North Korea | ||||||||
| Opened: | 5 November 1905 | ||||||||
| Electrified: | yes | ||||||||
| Owned: | Korean State Railway | ||||||||
Yŏmju station is a railway station in Yŏmju-ŭp, Yŏmju County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea. It is the junction point of the P'yŏngŭi and Paengma lines of the Korean State Railway.[1]
The station was opened, along with the rest of this section of the Kyŏngŭi Line, on 5 November 1905.
After the bridge across the Yalu River was opened on 1 November 1911, connecting Sinŭiju to Dandong, China, Yŏmju station became a stop for international trains to and from Manchuria. It is still a stopping point for international trains between P'yŏngyang and Beijing.
When the Kyŏngŭi line was opened, the mainline followed the route of the current Paengma Line; after the nationalisation of the railways in 1945, the Yŏmju–Ryongch'ŏn–Namsinŭiju line was reclassified as the mainline of the P'yŏngŭi line, while the line via Paengma was designated a secondary line.