Sinheung Railway

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The Sinheung Railway (Japanese: 新興鉄道株式会社, Shinkō Tetsudo Kabushiki Kaisha; Korean: 신흥철도주식회사, Sinheung Cheoldo Jusikhoesa), was a privately owned railway company in colonial era Korea.

Sinheung Railway Co. Ltd.
Overview
Native name신흥철도주식회사 (Sinheung Cheoldo Jusikhoesa)
新興鉄道株式会社 (Shinkō Tetsudo Kabushiki Kaisha)
Route map

km
km
Bujeonhoban
91.6
Hamnam Doan
88.9
Bujeon
81.0
Hamjiwon
74.7
Sindong
75.1
Gujin
Bujeollyeong
68.1
68.4
Jungnam
Baekamsan
66.4
62.7
Sindae
Hamnam
Songheung
61.0
58.6
Sasu
Hasongheung
60.0
54.3
Jangjin
Songha
55.9
49.2
Sangpyeong
Gyeongheung
54.1
41.2
Goto
Dongheung
47.9
38.9
Hwangchoryeong
Gilbong
43.8
35.6
Bojang
Pungdeok
28.4
Samgeo
23.3
Hagiwon
Hamnam Sinheung
41.0
17.3
Yongsu
Usang
Cheonbulsan
33.5
13.3
Sangtong
Jeondong
30.7
11.4
Dongjeong
Jangpung
28.2
9.1
Songdang
Pungsang
25.9
3.6
Dongyang
Oro
17.0
0.0
Oro
Bumin
9.3
Gadam
6.6
West Hamheung
1.1
Hamheung
0.0
Sapo
2.2
Sangsu
4.5
Seongcheongang
6.9
Heungdeok
8.6
Unjung
10.0
Singuryong
11.8
Cheongiri
14.9
Naeho
16.6
Seohojin
18.3
Key:
narrow gauge
standard gauge

It was a subsidiary of the Chōsen Railway (Chōtetsu), colonial Korea's largest privately owned railway company, established in 1930 to operate a number of lines opened by Chōtetsu and one of its predecessors, the Chōsen Forestry Railway.[1]

Section Opening date Length Line Opened by Notes
Hamheung - Oro 7 June 1923[2] 17.0 km (10.6 mi) Hamnam Line Chōsen Forestry Railway
Oro - Jangpung 25 August 1923[3] 11.2 km (7.0 mi) Hamnam Line Chōsen Forestry Railway Pungsang—Jangpung section subsequently closed.
West Hamhŭng Station 25 August 1923[3] - Chōsen Forestry Railway Hamnam Line
Oro - Sangtong 1 October 1926[4] 15.1 km (9.4 mi) Chōsen Railway Hamnam Line
Pungsang - Hasongheung 1 February 1928[5] 20.0 km (12.4 mi) Chōsen Railway Songheung Line
Hasongheung – Hamnam Songheung 15 January 1932[6] 1.0 km (0.62 mi) Sinheung Railway Songheung Line
Hamnam Songheung - Bujeonhoban 10 September 1933 31.6 km (19.6 mi) Sinheung Railway Songheung Line
Sangtong - Samgeo 1 September 1934[7] 15.1 km (9.4 mi) Sinheung Railway Jangjin Line
Samgeo - Gujin 1 November 1934[8] 46.7 km (29.0 mi) Sinheung Railway Jangjin Line
West Hamheung - Cheongiri 11 May 1934 14.9 km (9.3 mi) Sinheung Railway Namheung Line
Cheongiri - Naeho 5 March 1936 1.7 km (1.1 mi) Sinheung Railway Namheung Line
Naeho - Seohojin 15 December 1936 1.7 km (1.1 mi) Sinheung Railway Namheung Line

The Sinheung Railway was bought and absorbed by Chōtetsu on 22 April 1938;[9] Chōtetsu subsequently split the Sinheung Railway's network into four separate lines: the Hamnam Line (Hamheung–Hamnam Sinhung/Sangtong/Jangpung), the Songheung Line (Hamnam Sinheung–Bujeonhoban), the Jangjin Line (Sangtong–Sasu), and the Namheung Line (West Hamheung–Seohojin).

References

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  1. ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 930, 10 February 1930
  2. ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō No. 3251, 13 June 1923
  3. ^ a b 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō No. 3320, 4 September 1923
  4. ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō No. 4244, 13 October 1926
  5. ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 354, 7 March 1928
  6. ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1510, 22 January 1932
  7. ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2298, 5 September 1934
  8. ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2348, 7 November 1934
  9. ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 3385, 3 May 1938