Sinheung Railway

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Sinheung Railway Co. Ltd.
Overview
Native name신흥철도주식회사 (Sinheung Cheoldo Jusikhoesa)
新興鉄道株式会社 (Shinkō Tetsudo Kabushiki Kaisha)
Route map
Legend
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91.6 Bujeonhoban
88.9 Hamnam Doan
81.0 Bujeon
74.7 Hamjiwon
Sindong
68.1 Bujeollyeong
75.1 Gujin
66.4 Baekamsan
68.4 Jungnam
61.0 Hamnam Songheung
62.7 Sindae
60.0 Hasongheung
58.6 Sasu
55.9 Songha
54.3 Jangjin
54.1 Gyeongheung
49.2 Sangpyeong
47.9 Dongheung
41.2 Goto
43.8 Gilbong
38.9 Hwangchoryeong
Pungdeok
35.6 Bojang
28.4 Samgeo
23.3 Hagiwon
↑Songheung Line/Hamnam Line↓
41.0 Hamnam Sinheung
17.3 Yongsu
Usang
↑Jangjin Line/Hamnam Line↓
13.3 Sangtong
33.5 Cheonbulsan
11.4 Dongjeong
30.7 Jeondong
9.1 Songdang
28.2 Jangpung
3.6 Dongyang
25.9 Pungsang
17.0 Oro
9.3 Bumin
6.6 Gadam
1.1 West Hamheung
↑Hamnam Line/Namheung Line↓
0.0 Hamheung
Sentetsu Hamgyeong Line
2.2 Sapo
4.5 Sangsu
6.9 Seongcheongang
8.6 Heungdeok
10.0 Unjung
11.8 Singuryong
14.9 Cheongiri
16.6 Naeho
Sentetsu Hamgyeong Line
18.3 Seohojin
Sentetsu Hamgyeong Line

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.

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 .[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 - 1 October 1926[4] 15.1 km (9.4 mi) Chōsen Railway Hamnam Line
- 1 February 1928[5] 20.0 km (12.4 mi) Chōsen Railway Songheung Line
Hasongheung – 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 - 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 - 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[]

  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
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