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has dropped significantly since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a significant amount of freight traffic still moves through Rajin station to and from Russia. Since the completion of the modernisation of the line from the DPRK-Russia border in 1993, this traffic is expected to increase once again.
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to Rajin, meeting up with the terminus of the Hambuk Line. This turned Rajin station into one of the most important stations on the entirety of the North Korean rail network, handling vast amounts of freight traffic to and from the
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In 2008 work was begun to convert the line from the DPRK-Russia border to the port at Rajin to dual (standard and Russian) gauge, including the entirety of the Hongŭi Line and the Hongŭi-Rajin section of the Hambuk Line.
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There is also a long-distance train between Kalma and Rajin that runs via the Hambuk Line through Ch'ŏngjin and Hoeryŏng, as well as a commuter trains
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on the Hambuk Line in 1959 created a direct rail connection between North Korea and the Soviet Union; this, along with the extension in 1965 of the
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In 1935, the port at Rajin was opened as an alternative to Unggi (now called Sŏnbong); at the same time, on 1 November 1935 the
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to Rajin was put into service in 1936 to connect to the ferry to Japan. After the end of the
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the Ungra Line was combined with several others to create the Hambuk Line as it is today.
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Two pairs of passenger express trains are known to stop at Rajin station:
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and the former Communist countries of Eastern Europe.
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Index

Rajin Station
Hangul
Hanja



Revised Romanization
McCune–Reischauer
Rajin-guyŏk
Rasŏn-t'ŭkpyŏlsi
North Korea
Korean State Railway

Korean State Railway
Hambuk Line
Kwan'gok
Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Myŏngho
P'yŏngyang
P'yŏngra Line
Rajin Port Line
Rajinhang
Rajin-guyŏk
Rasŏn
North Korea
Hambuk
P'yŏngra
Korean State Railway
Rajin Port station
South Manchuria Railway

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