Songheung Line

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Native name송흥선 (松興線)
StatusOperational (see text)
OwnerSinheung Railway (1928–1938)
Chōsen Railway (1938–1945)
Songheung Line
Overview
Native name송흥선 (松興線)
StatusOperational (see text)
OwnerSinheung Railway (1928–1938)
Chōsen Railway (1938–1945)
LocaleSouth Hamgyeong
Termini
Stations13
Service
TypeHeavy rail, Regional rail
Passenger/Freight
Operator(s)Sinheung Railway;
Chōsen Railway
History
Opened1928–1932
Technical
Line length50.6 km (31.4 mi)
Number of tracksSingle track
Track gauge762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Route map

km
Fusenkohan
50.6
Bujeonhoban
Kan'nan-Dōan
47.9
Hamnam Doan
Fusen
40.0
Bujeon
Kanchiin
33.7
Hamjiwon
Fusenrei
27.1
Bujeollyeong
Hakuganzan
25.4
Baekamsan
cable-hauled section
Kan'nan-Shōkō
20.0
Hamnam Songheung
Kashōkō
19.0
Hasongheung
Shōka
14.9
Songha
Keikō
13.1
Gyeongheung
Tōkō
6.9
Dongheung
Kippō
2.8
Gilbong
Kan'nan-Shinkō
0.0
Hamnam Sinheung

The Songheung Line (松興線, Shōkō-sen) was a 762 mm (30.0 in) narrow gauge railway line of the Chōsen Railway (Chōtetsu) of colonial-era Korea, located in South Hamgyeong Province.[1] There was a 550 m (1,800 ft) cable-hauled section between Baekamsan and Hamnam Songheung.[2]

On 1 February 1928, the Chōsen Railway extended its Hamnam Line by opening a 20.0 km (12.4 mi) section from Pungsang to Hamnam Songheung.[3] Two years later, on 1 February 1930 the Hamnam Line was taken over by a newly established subsidiary company, the Sinheung Railway,[4] and on 15 January 1932, after the existing Hamnam Songheung Station was renamed Hasonghung Station, the present Hamnam Songheung Station was opened 1.0 km (0.62 mi) from Hasongheung,[5] and on 10 September 1933, the line was extended 31.6 km (19.6 mi) to Bujeonhoban.

The Sinheung Railway was absorbed by Chōtetsu on 22 April 1938,[6] and Chōtetsu separated the Hamnam Sinheung–Bujeonhoban section from the Hamnam Line, naming that portion the Songheung Line.

After the establishment of North Korea and the nationalisation of its railways, the Hamnam Line was split up, with the Hamheung - Oro - Sinheung section being merged with the Songheung Line to create the present Sinheung Line.[1]

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