Sinheung Railway

The Sinheung Railway (Japanese: 新興鉄道株式会社, Shinkō Tetsudo Kabushiki Kaisha; Korean: 신흥철도주식회사, Sinheung Cheoldo Jusikhoesa), was a privately owned railway company in colonial era Korea.

Sinheung Railway Co. Ltd.
Overview
Native name	신흥철도주식회사 (Sinheung Cheoldo Jusikhoesa) 新興鉄道株式会社 (Shinkō Tetsudo Kabushiki Kaisha)
Route map Legend - 91.6 Bujeonhoban 88.9 Hamnam Doan 81.0 Bujeon 74.7 Hamjiwon Sindong 68.1 Bujeollyeong 75.1 Gujin 66.4 Baekamsan 68.4 Jungnam 61.0 Hamnam Songheung 62.7 Sindae 60.0 Hasongheung 58.6 Sasu 55.9 Songha 54.3 Jangjin 54.1 Gyeongheung 49.2 Sangpyeong 47.9 Dongheung 41.2 Goto 43.8 Gilbong 38.9 Hwangchoryeong Pungdeok 35.6 Bojang 28.4 Samgeo 23.3 Hagiwon ↑Songheung Line/Hamnam Line↓ 41.0 Hamnam Sinheung 17.3 Yongsu Usang ↑Jangjin Line/Hamnam Line↓ 13.3 Sangtong 33.5 Cheonbulsan 11.4 Dongjeong 30.7 Jeondong 9.1 Songdang 28.2 Jangpung 3.6 Dongyang 25.9 Pungsang 17.0 Oro 9.3 Bumin 6.6 Gadam 1.1 West Hamheung ↑Hamnam Line/Namheung Line↓ 0.0 Hamheung Sentetsu Hamgyeong Line 2.2 Sapo 4.5 Sangsu 6.9 Seongcheongang 8.6 Heungdeok 10.0 Unjung 11.8 Singuryong 14.9 Cheongiri 16.6 Naeho Sentetsu Hamgyeong Line 18.3 Seohojin Sentetsu Hamgyeong Line

It was a subsidiary of the Chōsen Railway (Chōtetsu), colonial Korea's largest privately owned railway company, established in 1930 to operate a number of lines opened by Chōtetsu and one of its predecessors, the Chōsen Forestry Railway.[1]

Section	Opening date	Length	Line	Opened by	Notes
Hamheung - Oro	7 June 1923[2]	17.0 km (10.6 mi)	Hamnam Line	Chōsen Forestry Railway
Oro - Jangpung	25 August 1923[3]	11.2 km (7.0 mi)	Hamnam Line	Chōsen Forestry Railway	Pungsang—Jangpung section subsequently closed.
West Hamhŭng Station	25 August 1923[3]	-	Chōsen Forestry Railway	Hamnam Line
Oro - Sangtong	1 October 1926[4]	15.1 km (9.4 mi)	Chōsen Railway	Hamnam Line
Pungsang - Hasongheung	1 February 1928[5]	20.0 km (12.4 mi)	Chōsen Railway	Songheung Line
Hasongheung – Hamnam Songheung	15 January 1932[6]	1.0 km (0.62 mi)	Sinheung Railway	Songheung Line
Hamnam Songheung - Bujeonhoban	10 September 1933	31.6 km (19.6 mi)	Sinheung Railway	Songheung Line
Sangtong - Samgeo	1 September 1934[7]	15.1 km (9.4 mi)	Sinheung Railway	Jangjin Line
Samgeo - Gujin	1 November 1934[8]	46.7 km (29.0 mi)	Sinheung Railway	Jangjin Line
West Hamheung - Cheongiri	11 May 1934	14.9 km (9.3 mi)	Sinheung Railway	Namheung Line
Cheongiri - Naeho	5 March 1936	1.7 km (1.1 mi)	Sinheung Railway	Namheung Line
Naeho - Seohojin	15 December 1936	1.7 km (1.1 mi)	Sinheung Railway	Namheung Line

The Sinheung Railway was bought and absorbed by Chōtetsu on 22 April 1938;[9] Chōtetsu subsequently split the Sinheung Railway's network into four separate lines: the Hamnam Line (Hamheung–Hamnam Sinhung/Sangtong/Jangpung), the Songheung Line (Hamnam Sinheung–Bujeonhoban), the Jangjin Line (Sangtong–Sasu), and the Namheung Line (West Hamheung–Seohojin).

References

1. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 930, 10 February 1930
2. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō No. 3251, 13 June 1923
3. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō No. 3320, 4 September 1923
4. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō No. 4244, 13 October 1926
5. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 354, 7 March 1928
6. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1510, 22 January 1932
7. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2298, 5 September 1934
8. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2348, 7 November 1934
9. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 3385, 3 May 1938