The Donghae Bukbu Line (東海北部線, Tōkai Hokubu-sen) was a railway line of the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) in Korea connecting Anbyeon with Yangyang.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),
History The line was originally opened in several stages, with the first section from Anbyeon on Sentetsu's Gyeongwon Line to Heupgok being opened in 1929, and finally reaching Yangyang in 1937. Plans existed to extend the line south from Yangyang to Pohang Station, where it would have connected with the Donghae Nambu Line; however, this extension could not be completed before Japan's defeat in the Pacific War, and the plans were abandoned.
After the partition of Korea, the line was split between the North and South, with the section from Anbyeon to Samilpo becoming the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line in the north, while the section from Chogu to Yangyang became the Donghae Bukbu Line operated by the Korean National Railroad.
Date Section Length 1 September 1929 Anbyeon–Heupgok 31.4 km 21 July 1931 Heupgok–Tongcheon 29.6 km 21 May 1932 Tongcheon–Dubaek 14.7 km 1 August 1932 Dubaek–Jangjeon 17.5 km 16 September 1932 Jangjeon–Oegeumgang 7.8 km 1 November 1935 Oegeumgang–Ganseong 49.7 km 1 December 1937 Ganseong–Yangyang 41.9 km
Route + Stations as of 1945 Distance Station name Total; km S2S; km Transcribed, Korean Transcribed, Japanese Hunminjeongeum Hanja/Kanji Opening dateOriginal owner Connections 0.0 0.0 Anbyeon Anpen 안변 安辺 21 August 1913 Sentetsu Gyeongwon Line 8.9 8.9 Ogye Gokei 오계 梧渓 1 September 1929 14.9 6.0 Sang'eum Sōin 상음 桑陰 1 September 1929 25.2 10.3 Jadong Jitō 자동 慈東 1 September 1929 31.4 6.2 Heupgok Kyūkoku 흡곡 歙谷 1 September 1929 38.0 6.6 Paecheon Haisen 패천 沛川 21 July 1931 47.4 9.4 Songjeon Shōden 송전 松田 21 July 1931 54.3 6.9 Gojeo Kotei 고저 庫底 21 July 1931 61.0 6.7 Tongcheon Tsūsen 통천 通川 21 July 1931 70.2 9.2 Yeomseong Renjō 염성 溓城 21 May 1932 75.7 5.5 Dubaek Tōhaku 두백 荳白 21 May 1932 86.2 10.5 Nam'ae Nangai 남애 南涯 1 August 1932 93.2 7.0 Jangjeon Chōsen 장전 長箭 1 August 1932 101.0 7.8 Oegeumgang Gaikongō 외금강 外金剛 16 September 1932 109.2 8.2 Samilpo San'nippo 삼일포 三日浦 1 November 1935 111.4 2.2 Goseong Kōjō 고성 高城 1 November 1935 119.9 8.5 Chogu Sōkyū 초구 草邱 1 November 1935 125.9 6.0 Jejin Station Choshin 제진 猪津 1 November 1935 135.9 10.0 Hyeonnae Ken'nai 현내 県内 1 November 1935 143.3 7.4 Geojin Kyoshin 거진 巨津 1 November 1935 150.7 7.4 Ganseong Kanjō 간성 杆城 1 November 1935 157.4 6.7 Gonghyeonjin Kōkenshin 공현진 公峴津 1 December 1937 163.3 5.9 Mun'am Bungan 문암 文岩 1 December 1937 169.2 5.9 Cheonjilli Tenshinri 천진리 天津里 1 December 1937 175.7 6.5 Sokcho Sokusō 속초 束草 1 December 1937 181.5 5.8 Daepo Taiho 대포 大浦 1 December 1937 185.2 3.7 Naksansa Rakuzanji 낙산사 洛山寺 1 December 1937 192.6 7.4 Yangyang Jōyō 양양 襄陽 1 December 1937
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