Saengjang Station

Saengjang 생장
Korean name
Hangul	생장
Hanja	生長驛
Revised Romanization	Saengjang-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Saengjang-yŏk
General information
Location	Saengjang-rodongjagu, Unhŭng, Ryanggang North Korea
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	1 September 1935
Electrified	yes
Previous names	Chosen Government Railway
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Unhŭng toward Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line Namjung toward Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn

Saengjang Station is a railway station in Saengjang-rodongjagu, Unhŭng county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.^[1]

The station, along with the rest of the Paegam-Pongdu-ri section, was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 September 1935.^[2]

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]

The primary commodity shipped from Saengjang is forest products.^[4]

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. Japanese Government Railways (1937), 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo
3. 核실험 후 4개월간 길주-혜산 봉쇄
4. The traffic and geography in North Korea: Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line (in Korean)