Kumgangsan Electric Railway

Kŭmgangsan Electric Railway

Naegŭmgang Station on the Kŭmgangsan Electric Railway

Naegŭmgang Station on the Kŭmgangsan Electric Railway
Overview
Other name(s) Kŭmgangsan Line (Geumgangsan Line)
Native name 금강산전기철도 (金剛山電氣鐵道)
Type Heavy rail, Passenger/Freight
Regional rail
Status Closed
Locale Gangwon (South Korea)
Kangwon (North Korea)
Termini Cheorwon
Naegŭmgang
Stations 28
Operation
Opened Stages between 1924–1931
Closed 1950
Owner Gyeongseong Electric Co. Ltd. (1942–1945)
Operator(s) Gyeongseong Electric Co. Ltd. (1942–1945)
Technical
Line length 116.6 km (72.5 mi)
Number of tracks Single track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 1.5 kV DC Overhead lines
Route map
 Gyeongwon Line
 0.0 Cheorwon
 Gyeongwon Line
 1.6 Sayo
 3.2 East Cheorwon
 6.0 Dongsong
 10.3 Yangji
 14.2 Igil
 17.5 Jeongyeon
 21.5 Yugok
 24.5 Geumgok
 28.8 Gimhwa
 33.0 Gwangsam
 ↑Cheorwon
 ROK–DPRK Border
 36.3 Haso
 40.1 Haengjŏng
 ↑Pyonggang/Kimhwa↓
 45.8 Paegyang
 51.0 Kŭmsŏng
 54.0 Kyŏngpa
 59.6 Tangam
 ↑Kimhwa/Changdo↓
 65.6 South Changdo
 67.6 Changdo
 75.3 Kisŏng Closed in 1944
 82.7 Hyŏlli Closed in 1944
 90.0 Topa Closed in 1944
 94.7 Hwagye Closed in 1944
 99.3 Oryang Closed in 1944
 ↑Changdo/Kumgang↓
 104.8 Tanballyŏng Closed in 1944
 108.0 Malhwiri Closed in 1944
 112.4 Pyŏngmu Closed in 1944
 116.6 Naegŭmgang Closed in 1944
Kumgangsan Electric Railway
Hangul 금강산전기철도
Hanja 金剛山電氣鐵道
Revised Romanization Geumgangsan-jeongi-cheoldo
McCune–Reischauer Kŭmgangsan-jŏn'gi-ch'ŏlto
Other name
Hangul 금강산선
Hanja 金剛山線
Revised Romanization Geumgangsan-seon
McCune–Reischauer Kŭmgangsan-sŏn

The Kŭmgangsan Electric Railway (Hangul: 금강산전기철도) is an abandoned railway which operated between Chŏrwŏn (Kyŏngwŏn Line) and Naegŭmgang stations (the inland part of Mount Kŭmgang).

History

Built in 1924 by the modernizing Japanese administration of Korea, the line was known as the Kongosan Electric Railway (Japanese: 金剛山電気鉄道, Hepburn: Kongōsan denki tetsudō) and operated between on a 116.6 km (72.5 mi) electrified route at 1500 V DC. The line was constructed through the following stages:

Date Section Length
1 August 1924 Chŏrwŏn–Kimhwa 28.8 km
30 November 1925 Kimhwa–Kŭmsŏng 22.2 km
15 September 1926 Kŭmsŏng–Tangam 8.6 km
1 September 1927 Tangam–Changdo 8.0 km
15 April 1929 Changdo–Hyŏlli 15.1 km
25 September 1929 Hyŏlli–Hwagye 12.0 km
15 May 1930 Hwagye–Kŭmganggu (Malhwiri) 13.3 km
1 July 1931 Kŭmganggu–Naegŭmgang 8.6 km

The interval of Changdo–Naegŭmgang was initially closed in 1944 under the influence of the Pacific War and the rest of this railway was finally removed in 1950 due to the Korean War. Before the Korean war, the whole line belonged to the territory of North Korea, but because of territorial changes during the way, the western part of the line fell within the territory of South Korea.

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