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Poch'ŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn station (former Karim station) is a
railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
in Kasal-li, Poch'ŏn county,
Ryanggang Ryanggang Province (Ryanggangdo; ko, 량강도, ''Ryanggang-do'', ) is a province in North Korea. The province is bordered by China (Jilin) on the north, North Hamgyong on the east, South Hamgyong on the south, and Chagang on the west. Ryang ...
province,
North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
, on the Samjiyŏn of the
Korean State Railway The Korean State Railway (), commonly called the State Rail () is the operating arm of the Ministry of Railways of North Korea and has its headquarters at P'yŏngyang. The current Minister of Railways is Chang Jun Song. History 1945–195 ...
. It is also the starting point of the narrow-gauge Poch'ŏn line.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),


History

The station, along with the rest of the Samjiyŏn Line, was opened by the Korean State Railway in 1948.북한지역정보넷 - 삼지연선
/ref> Extensive flooding in 1994 led to the closure of the line, and the station has since been out of use.北 자재난 심각…2012년 국책사업 줄줄이 ‘중단’
《데일리NK》, 2009.10.09.


References

Railway stations in North Korea Railway stations in North Korea opened in the 1940s {{NorthKorea-railstation-stub