Songheung 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.[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.[1] 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]
Sinheung RailwayChōsen RailwaySouth HamgyeongHamnam SinheungBujeonhobanRegional railSingle trackTrack gaugecable-hauledHamnam Linecolonial-era KoreaSouth Hamgyeong ProvinceNorth KoreaSinheung LinePacific WarKorean yenHunminjeongeumChungbuk LineGyeongbuk LineGyeongnam LineJeonnam LineJangjin LineGyeongdong LineHwanghae LineNamheung LineSuin LineSuryeo LineNorth Chōsen Colonial Railway