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Ungna Line
Overview
Native name	웅라선 (雄羅線)
Status	Merged (see article)
Owner	South Manchuria Railway (1935–1945) Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Termini	Unggi Rason
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Passenger & freight rail Regional rail
History
Opened	1935
Technical
Line length	15.2 km (9.4 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Legend Mantetsu North Chosen Line 0.0 Unggi Baekhwa 6.2 Gwan'gok Namnajin Namnajin Branch 15.2 Najin Mantetsu Najinbudu Line

The Ungna Line (Korean: 웅라선) was a railway line of the South Manchuria Railway (Mantetsu), connecting Unggi with the important port city of Rason.

History

Seeking to create a shorter route from Japan to Xinjing and Harbin in Manchukuo, the South Manchuria Railway took over control of the Chosen Government Railway's Sangsambong–Unggi Domun Line in October 1933, creating the North Chosen Line. Although Unggi was a satisfactory port, a larger one was built at Najin, so Mantetsu built a new line to connect the North Chosen Line to the new port facilities. This line, the 15.2 km (9.4 mi) Ungna Line (Yūra Line in Japanese), was opened on 1 November 1935. At the same time, the Najinbudu Line was opened to connect the main railyard at Najin to the wharves at the port.

Following the end of the Pacific War and the partition of Korea, the Ungna Line was taken over by the Korean State Railway, which eventually merged it with several other lines to create the current Hambuk Line between Najin and Cheongjin.

Route

References

1. 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), 1 October 1933 (in Japanese)
2. ^ 南満州鉄道株式会社全路線 Archived 2013-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
3. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), Shinchosha, Tokyo, 2007 ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6

v t e Ungna Line
Mainline	Unggi Baekhwa Gwan'gok Najin
Namnajin Branch	Najin Namnajin

• Railway lines in Korea under Japanese rule
• Mantetsu railway lines
• Railway lines opened in 1935