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Songheung Line
Overview
Native name	송흥선 (松興線)
Status	Operational (see text)
Owner	Sinheung Railway (1928–1938) Chōsen Railway (1938–1945)
Locale	South Hamgyeong
Termini	Hamnam Sinheung Bujeonhoban
Stations	13
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Regional rail Passenger/Freight
Operator(s)	Sinheung Railway; Chōsen Railway
History
Opened	1928–1932
Technical
Line length	50.6 km (31.4 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Route map Legend km Fusenkohan 50.6 Bujeonhoban Kan'nan-Dōan 47.9 Hamnam Doan Fusen 40.0 Bujeon Kanchiin 33.7 Hamjiwon Fusenrei 27.1 Bujeollyeong Hakuganzan 25.4 Baekamsan cable-hauled section Kan'nan-Shōkō 20.0 Hamnam Songheung Kashōkō 19.0 Hasongheung Shōka 14.9 Songha Keikō 13.1 Gyeongheung Tōkō 6.9 Dongheung Kippō 2.8 Gilbong Kan'nan-Shinkō 0.0 Hamnam Sinheung Hamnam Line This diagram: view talk edit

The Songheung Line (松興線, Shōkō-sen) was a 762 mm (30.0 in) narrow gauge railway line of the Chōsen Railway (Chōtetsu) of colonial-era Korea, located in South Hamgyeong Province. There was a 550 m (1,800 ft) cable-hauled section between Baekamsan and Hamnam Songheung.

History

On 1 February 1928, the Chōsen Railway extended its Hamnam Line by opening a 20.0 km (12.4 mi) section from Pungsang to Hamnam Songheung. Two years later, on 1 February 1930 the Hamnam Line was taken over by a newly established subsidiary company, the Sinheung Railway, and on 15 January 1932, after the existing Hamnam Songheung Station was renamed Hasonghung Station, the present Hamnam Songheung Station was opened 1.0 km (0.62 mi) from Hasongheung, and on 10 September 1933, the line was extended 31.6 km (19.6 mi) to Bujeonhoban.

The Sinheung Railway was absorbed by Chōtetsu on 22 April 1938, and Chōtetsu separated the Hamnam Sinheung–Bujeonhoban section from the Hamnam Line, naming that portion the Songheung Line.

After the establishment of North Korea and the nationalisation of its railways, the Hamnam Line was split up, with the Hamheung - Oro - Sinheung section being merged with the Songheung Line to create the present Sinheung Line.

Services

In the November 1942 timetable, the last issued prior to the start of the Pacific War, Chōtetsu operated the following schedule of third-class-only local passenger services:

Route

References

1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. "북한지리정보: 운수지리 - 장진선". Retrieved 2017-01-18.
3. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 354, 7 March 1928
4. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 930, 10 February 1930
5. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1510, 22 January 1932
6. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 3385, 3 May 1938
7. 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)

v t e Railway lines of the Chōsen Railway
Standard gauge	Chungbuk Line Gwangnyeo Line Gyeongbuk Line Gyeongnam Line Jeonnam Line Yeongchun Line
Narrow gauge	Jangjin Line Gyeongdong Line Hamnam Line Hwanghae Line Namheung Line Songheung Line Suin Line Suryeo Line
Subsidiaries	North Chōsen Colonial Railway

• Rail transport in North Korea
• Railway lines in Korea under Japanese rule
• Defunct railway companies of Japan
• Defunct railway companies of Korea
• Chōsen Railway
• Railway lines opened in 1928