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.
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| Native name | 신흥철도주식회사 (Sinheung Cheoldo Jusikhoesa) 新興鉄道株式会社 (Shinkō Tetsudo Kabushiki Kaisha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[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 - Sangtong | 1 October 1926[4] | 15.1 km (9.4 mi) | Chōsen Railway | Hamnam Line | |
| Pungsang - Hasongheung | 1 February 1928[5] | 20.0 km (12.4 mi) | Chōsen Railway | Songheung Line | |
| Hasongheung – Hamnam Songheung | 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 - Samgeo | 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 - 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;[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
edit- ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 930, 10 February 1930
- ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō No. 3251, 13 June 1923
- ^ a b 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō No. 3320, 4 September 1923
- ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō No. 4244, 13 October 1926
- ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 354, 7 March 1928
- ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1510, 22 January 1932
- ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2298, 5 September 1934
- ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2348, 7 November 1934
- ^ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 3385, 3 May 1938