Domun Railway

Domun Railway Co. Ltd.
Overview
Native name 도문철도주식회사 (Domun Cheoldo Jusikhoesa)
図們鉄道株式会社 (Tomon Tetsudō Kabushiki Kaisha)
Route map
Legend
Hamgyeong Line(Sentetsu)
0.0 Hoeryeong
Hoeryeong Colliery Line
0.9 Sinhoeryeong
5.3 Bongui
3.7 Geumsaeng
10.6 Yuseon
Gungsim-dong
9.4 Goryeongjin
14.8
0.0
 Sinhakpo
8.6 Secheon
17.7 Hakpo
14.4 Jungbong
27.1 Sinjeon
33.5 Ganpyeong
40.4 Sangsambong("Upper Sambong")
46.7 Hasambong("Lower Sambong")
55.8
0.0
 Jongseon
61.0 Soam
15.6 Tongpo
64.0
0.0
 Donggwanjin
11.5 Seongpyeong

The Domun Railway Company (Japanese: 図們鉄道株式会社, Tomon Tetsudo Kabushiki Kaisha; Korean: 도문철도주식회사, Domun Cheoldo Jusikhoesa), was a privately owned railway company in Japanese-occupied Korea.

The Tomun Railway's line ran from Hoeryeong to Sambong, and was opened in three stages: the Hoeryŏng–Sangsambong (now called Sambong) section (40.4 km (25.1 mi)) was completed on 5 January 1920, the Sangsambong–Jongseon section (9.1 km (5.7 mi)) on 1 December 1922, and the Jongseon-Donggwanjin section (8.2 km (5.1 mi)) on 1 November 1924.[1] The last line to be opened by the Domun Railway was the 10.6 km (6.6 mi) Hoeryeong Colliery Line from Hoeryong to Yuseon, which was opened on 11 August 1928.[2]

This line was nationalised on 1 April 1929, becoming the West Domun Line of the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu).[1] Subsequently, merged with Sentetsu's East Domun Line (Donggwanjin–Unggi), the management of the entire line was transferred to the South Manchuria Railway; at that time, the merged Domun Line was added to the existing (Wŏnsan-Ch'ŏngjin) Hamgyŏng Line.[3]

After the end of the Pacific War, the Provisional People’s Committee for North Korea nationalised all railways in the Soviet zone of occupation on 10 August 1946, and following the establishment of North Korea, the Korean State Railway was created.[4] After the end of the Korean War, the restructuring of the North Korean railway system, including the rearrangement of rail lines, led to the Hoeryeong–Sambong line becoming part of the Korean State Railway's Hambuk Line running from Cheongjin to Rajin via Namyang.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 669, 28 March 1929 (in Japanese)
  2. ↑ Japanese Government Railways (1937). 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在 [The List of Stations as of 1 October 1937] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company. p. 506.
  3. ↑ 南満州鉄道株式会社全路線
  4. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. 131, ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  5. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. 89, ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
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