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

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]

History

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]

Services

In the November 1942 timetable, the last issued prior to the start of the Pacific War, Chōtetsu operated the following schedule of third-class-only local passenger services:[7]

Distance
(read down)		Price
Korean yen		545501503505507Station nameDistance
(read up)		Price
Korean yen		500502504506546
Arr. from - Oro Hamheung Hamheung Hamheung Cont. to Oro Hamheung Hamheung Hamheung -
41.0 1.65 ... 06:56 09:55 14:14 19:09 Hamnam Sinheung 50.6 2.10 07:45 10:50 15:15 19:55 ...
61.0 2.45 ... 08:36 12:00 16:08 20:57 Hamnam Songheung 30.6 1.25 06:30 09:30 13:50 18:47 ...
68.1 3.35 ... ... 13:18 17:45 ... Bujeollyeong 23.5 1.00 ... ... 10:40 17:28 ...
74.7 3.60 07:12 ... 14:00 18:30 ... Hamjiwon 16.9 0.70 ... ... 10:07 16:54 21:01
91.6 4.25 08:17 ... 15:07 19:39 ... Bujeonhoban 0.0 - ... ... 08:37 15:24 20:00

Route

松興線 - 송흥선 - Shōkō Line - Songheung Line
DistanceStation name
Total; km S2S; km Transcribed, Korean Transcribed, Japanese Hunminjeongeum Hanja/Kanji Connections
0.0 0.0 Hamnam Sinheung Kannan-Shinkō 함남신흥 咸南新興 Hamnam Line
2.8 2.8 Gilbong Kippō 길봉 吉峰
6.9 4.1 Dongheung Tōkō 동흥 東興
13.1 6.2 Gyeongheung Keikō 경흥 慶興
14.9 1.8 Songha Shōka 송하 松下
19.0 4.1 Hasongheung Kashōkō 하송흥 下松興
20.0 1.0 Hamnam Songheung Kan'nan Shōkō 함남송흥 咸南松興
25.4 5.4 Baekamsan Hakuganzan 백암산 白岩山
27.1 1.7 Bujeollyeong Fusenrei 부전령 赴戦嶺
33.7 6.6 Hamjiwon Kanchiin 함지원 咸地院
40.0 3.8 Bujeon Fusen 부전 赴戦
47.9 7.9 Hamnam Toan Kan'nan Dōan 함남도안 咸南道安
50.6 2.7 Bujeonhoban Fusenkohan 부전호반 赴戦湖畔

References

  1. 1 2 Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ "북한지리정보: 운수지리 - 장진선". Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  3. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 354, 7 March 1928
  4. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 930, 10 February 1930
  5. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1510, 22 January 1932
  6. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 3385, 3 May 1938
  7. ↑ Tōa Travel Co. (東亜旅行社), Ministry of Railways Combined Timetable 1 November 1942 (鐵道省編纂時刻表昭和１７年１１月１日)
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