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Japanese company in colonial 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

Legend
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
Songheung Line ↑
Hamnam Line ↓
 23.3 Hagiwon
Hamnam Sinheung 41.0 17.3 Yongsu
Usang
↑ Jangjin Line
↓ Hamnam Line
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
Hamnam Line ↑
Namheung Line ↓
Hamheung 0.0
Sentetsu
Hamgyeong Line
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
Sentetsu
Hamgyeong Line
Key:
narrow gauge standard gauge
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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.

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.

Section Opening date Length Line Opened by Notes
Hamheung - Oro 7 June 1923 17.0 km (10.6 mi) Hamnam Line Chōsen Forestry Railway
Oro - Jangpung 25 August 1923 11.2 km (7.0 mi) Hamnam Line Chōsen Forestry Railway Pungsang—Jangpung section subsequently closed.
West Hamhŭng Station 25 August 1923 - Chōsen Forestry Railway Hamnam Line
Oro - Sangtong 1 October 1926 15.1 km (9.4 mi) Chōsen Railway Hamnam Line
Pungsang - Hasongheung 1 February 1928 20.0 km (12.4 mi) Chōsen Railway Songheung Line
Hasongheung – Hamnam Songheung 15 January 1932 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 15.1 km (9.4 mi) Sinheung Railway Jangjin Line
Samgeo - Gujin 1 November 1934 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; 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. ^ 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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