The Songheung Line (松興線, Shōkō-sen) was a narrow gauge railway line of the Chōsen Railway (Chōtetsu) of colonial-era Korea, located in South Hamgyeong Province.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), There was a cable-hauled section between Baekamsan and Hamnam Songheung.
History On 1 February 1928, the Chōsen Railway extended its Hamnam Line by opening a section from Pungsang to Hamnam Songheung.朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 354, 7 March 1928 Two years later, on 1 February 1930 the Hamnam Line was taken over by a newly established subsidiary company, the Sinheung Railway,朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 930, 10 February 1930 and on 15 January 1932, after the existing Hamnam Songheung Station was renamed Hasonghung Station, the present Hamnam Songheung Station was opened from Hasongheung,朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1510, 22 January 1932 and on 10 September 1933, the line was extended to Bujeonhoban.
The Sinheung Railway was 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 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.
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: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)
Distance(read down) PriceKorean yen 545 501 503 505 507 Station name Distance(read up) PriceKorean yen 500 502 504 506 546Arr. from - Oro Hamheung Hamheung HamheungCont. 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 Distance Station 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
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