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.
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.朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 930, 10 February 1930
Section Opening date Length Line Opened by Notes Hamheung - Oro 7 June 1923朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō No. 3251, 13 June 1923 Hamnam Line Chōsen Forestry Railway Oro - Jangpung 25 August 1923朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō No. 3320, 4 September 1923 Hamnam Line Chōsen Forestry Railway Pungsang—Jangpung section subsequently closed. West Hamhŭng Station 25 August 1923 - Chōsen Forestry Railway Hamnam Line Oro - Sangtong 1 October 1926朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō No. 4244, 13 October 1926 Chōsen Railway Hamnam Line Pungsang - Hasongheung 1 February 1928朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 354, 7 March 1928 Chōsen Railway Songheung Line Hasongheung – Hamnam Songheung 15 January 1932朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1510, 22 January 1932 Sinheung Railway Songheung Line Hamnam Songheung - Bujeonhoban 10 September 1933 Sinheung Railway Songheung Line Sangtong - Samgeo 1 September 1934朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2298, 5 September 1934 Sinheung Railway Jangjin Line Samgeo - Gujin 1 November 1934朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2348, 7 November 1934 Sinheung Railway Jangjin Line West Hamheung - Cheongiri 11 May 1934 Sinheung Railway Namheung Line Cheongiri - Naeho 5 March 1936 Sinheung Railway Namheung Line Naeho - Seohojin 15 December 1936 Sinheung Railway Namheung Line
The Sinheung Railway was bought and absorbed by Chōtetsu on 22 April 1938;朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 3385, 3 May 1938 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).
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