Sinhung Railway

Sinhŭng Railway Co. Ltd.

Overview

Native name

신흥철도주식회사 (Sinhŭng Chŏ'ldo Chusikhoesa)
新興鉄道株式会社 (Shinkō Tetsudo Kabushiki Kaisha)

Route map

Legend

91.6

Pujŏnhoban

88.9

Hamnam Toan

81.0

Pujŏn

74.7

Hamjiwŏn

Sindong

68.1

Pujŏllyŏng

75.1

Kujin

66.4

Paegamsan

68.4

Chungnam

61.0

Hamnam Songhŭng

62.7

Sindae

60.0

Hasonghŭng

58.6

Sasu

55.9

Songha

54.3

Changjin

54.1

Kyŏnghŭng

49.2

Sangp'yŏng

47.9

Tonghŭng

41.2

Kot'o

43.8

Kilbong

38.9

Hwangch'oryŏng

P'ungdŏk

35.6

Pojang

28.4

Samgŏ

23.3

Hagiwŏn

↑Songhŭng Line/Hamnam Line↓

41.0

Hamnam Sinhŭng

17.3

Ryongsu

Usang

↑Changjin Line/Hamnam Line↓

13.3

Sangt'ong

33.5

Ch'ŏnbulsan

11.4

Tongchŏng

30.7

Chŏndong

9.1

Songdang

28.2

Changpung

3.6

Tongyang

25.9

P'ungsang

17.0

Oro

9.3

Pumin

6.6

Kadam

1.1

West Hamhŭng

↑Hamnam Line/Namhŭng Line↓

0.0

Hamhŭng

Hamgyŏng Line

1.5

Sap'o

6.9

Sangsu

Sŏngch'ŏngang

11.0

Unjung

Hamgyŏng Line

13.0

Ryongsŏng

Hamgyŏng Line

14.6

Ch'ŏn'giri

16.3

Naeho

Hamgyŏng Line

17.6

Sŏhojin

Hamgyŏng Line

The Sinhŭng Railway (Japanese: 新興鉄道株式会社, Shinkō Tetsudo Kabushiki Kaisha; Korean: 신흥철도주식회사, Sinhŭng Chŏ'ldo Jusikhoesa), was a privately owned railway company in Japanese-occupied Korea.

The Sinhŭng Railway operated several lines in South Hamgyŏng Province, opened between 1923 and 1934:

the Hamnam Line, from Hamhŭng on the Hamgyŏng Line of the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) to Hamnam Sinhŭng, with branches from Oro (nowadays Yŏnggwang) to Sangt'ong and from P'ungsang to Changp'ung (the latter branch was subsequently closed); the mainline of this is today part of the Sinhŭng Line of the Korean State Railway.^[1]
the Changjin Line, from Sangt'ong to Kujin; the Sindae—Kujin section was closed on 15 July 1935, ^[2] while the Sasu—Sindae section was closed on 30 August 1935.^[3] The remaining section from Sangt'ong to Sasu is, together with the Yŏnggwang—Sangt'ong branch of the former Hamnam Line, today part of the Korean State Railway's Changjin Line.^[1]
the Songhŭng Line, from Hamnam Sinhŭng to Pujŏnhoban; after the nationalisation of railways following the establishment of the DPRK, this was merged into the Sinhŭng Line of the Korean State Railway.^[1]
the Namhŭng Line, from West Hamhŭng to Sŏhojin;^[4] today this is the Sŏho Line of the Korean State Railway. The Namhŭng Line connected to Sentetsu's Hamgyŏng Line at Hamhŭng, Ryongsŏng and Sŏhojin.

Section	Opening date	Length	Line	Notes
Hamhŭng - Oro (Yŏnggwang)	10 June 1923	17.0 km (10.6 mi)	Hamnam Line
Oro - Changp'ung	25 August 1923	11.2 km (7.0 mi)	Hamnam Line	P'ungsang—Changp'ung section subsequently closed.
West Hamhŭng Station	25 August 1923		Hamnam Line
P'ungsang - Hamnam Sinhŭng (Sinhŭng)	1 October 1926	15.1 km (9.4 mi)	Hamnam Line
Hamnam Sinhŭng - Hamnam Songhŭng (Songhŭng)	1 February 1928	20.0 km (12.4 mi)	Songhŭng Line
Hamnam Songhŭng - Pujŏnhoban	10 September 1932	31.6 km (19.6 mi)	Songhŭng Line
Sangt'ong - Samgŏ	1 September 1934^[5]	15.1 km (9.4 mi)	Changjin Line
Samgŏ - Kujin	1 November 1934^[6]	46.7 km (29.0 mi)	Changjin Line
West Hamhŭng - Ch'ŏn'giri (Hadŏk)	11 May 1934	14.9 km (9.3 mi)	Namhŭng Line
Ch'ŏn'giri - Naeho (closed)	5 March 1936	1.7 km (1.1 mi)	Namhŭng Line
Naeho - Sŏhojin	15 December 1936	1.7 km (1.1 mi)	Namhŭng Line

The Sinhŭng Railway was bought and absorbed by the Chosen Railway on 22 April 1938.^[7]

References

1 2 3 Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2557, 22 July 1935
↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2595, 4 September 1935
↑ https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%84%9C%ED%98%B8%EC%84%A0
↑ 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

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