Dasado Railway

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The Dasado Railway (Japanese: 多獅島鐵道株式會社, Tashitō Tetsudō Kabushiki Kaisha; Korean다사도철도주식회사, Dasado Cheoldo Jusikhoesa), was a privately owned railway company in Japanese-occupied Korea.

Dasado Railway Co. Ltd.
Overview
Native name다사도철도주식회사 (Dasado Cheoldo Jusikhoesa)
多獅島鐵道株式會社 (Tashitō Tetsudō Kabushiki Kaisha)
Route map

Dasado Railway Dasado Line
Dasado Railway Yangsi Line
0.0
Sinuiju
5.2
South Sinuiju
8.2
Nakwon
12.0
Ibam
15.3
Yangsi
20.4
Yongju
21.1
Bukchung
23.4
Dangnyong
25.9
Yongampo
26.2
Naejung
28.6
Deokbong
29.6
Sujeong
32.5
Sinjeongni
33.9
Namsi
35.9
Dasado
38.5
West Dasado
39.5
Dasado Port

The Dasado Railway opened a 39.5 km (24.5 mi) line from Sinuiju to Dasado Port via Yangsi, called the Dasado Line, on 31 October 1939,[1] to provide the Chōsen Paper Mills Ltd.[2] (a subsidiary of the Oji Paper Company; today the Sinuiju Chemical Fibre Complex) of Sinuiju a means of shipping its products out via the port at Dasado, as the Yalu River freezes in winter. Then, on 29 October 1940 the Dasado Railway opened a line from Yangsi to Namsi, calling it the Namsi Line.[3] The Sinuiju–Yangsi section of the line was transferred to the Chosen Government Railway on 1 April 1943 as the Yangsi Line.[4] Yangsi and Namsi stations were given their current names, Ryongcheon and Yeomju respectively, after the establishment of the DPRK.

After the partition of Korea the line was within the territory of the DPRK, and was nationalised by the Provisional People’s Committee for North Korea along with all other railways in the Soviet zone of occupation on 10 August 1946,[5][page needed] with the Ryongcheon–Dasado line becoming the Tasado Line, and the Ryongcheon–Yeomju section becoming the Yangsi Line; the Yangsi Line was made the mainline of the Pyeongui Line in 1964, with the former mainline between Yeomju and South Sinuiju becoming the Paengma Line.[5][page needed]

Services

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In the November 1942 timetable, the last issued prior to the start of the Pacific War, the Dasado Railway was running five daily third-class-only round-trip passenger trains on the Dasado Line, and four daily on the Namsi Line.[6]

Dasado Line
Distance
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Price
Korean yen
801 803 805 807 809 Station name Distance
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Price
Korean yen
802 804 806 808 810
0.0 - 08:15 11:31 13:52 17:20 20:30 Sinuiju 35.9 1.40 07:40 13:02 16:28 18:35 21:41
15.4 0.65 08:57 12:21 14:34 18:02 21:10 Yangsi 20.5 0.80 07:05 12:25 15:43 17:58 21:06
22.5 1.05 09:31 13:00 15:08 18:36 21:40 Yongampo 10.0 0.40 06:33 11:51 15:04 17:24 20:34
35.9 1.40 09:55 13:24 15:32 19:00 22:04 Dasado 0.0 - 06:06 11:22 14:28 16:55 20:05
Namsi Line
Distance
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Price
Korean yen
- - - - Station name Distance
(read up)
Price
Korean yen
- - - -
0.0 - 09:00 12:35 18:05 21:12 Yangsi 18.6 0.80 06:56 12:01 14:24 20:31
18.6 0.80 09:41 13:16 18:46 21:53 Namsi 0.0 - 06:15 11:20 13:43 19:50

References

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  1. ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 3841, 8 November 1939
  2. ^ Official Guide to Eastern Asia vol. 1 Chōsen & Manchuria, Siberia, p. 138, Department of Railways, Tokyo, 1920
  3. ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 4136, 4 November 1940
  4. ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 4837, 19 March 1943
  5. ^ a b Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  6. ^ Tōa Travel Co. (東亜旅行社), Ministry of Railways Combined Timetable 1 November 1942 (鐵道省編纂時刻表昭和17年11月1日)