Sinheung Railway


The Sinheung Railway, was a privately owned railway company in colonial era Korea.
It was a subsidiary of the Chōsen Railway, 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.
SectionOpening dateLengthLineOpened byNotes
Hamheung - Oro7 June 1923Hamnam LineChōsen Forestry Railway
Oro - Jangpung25 August 1923Hamnam LineChōsen Forestry RailwayPungsang—Jangpung section subsequently closed.
West Hamhŭng Station25 August 1923-Chōsen Forestry RailwayHamnam Line
Oro - Sangtong1 October 1926Chōsen RailwayHamnam Line
Pungsang - Hasongheung1 February 1928Chōsen RailwaySongheung Line
Hasongheung – Hamnam Songheung15 January 1932Sinheung RailwaySongheung Line
Hamnam Songheung - Bujeonhoban10 September 1933Sinheung RailwaySongheung Line
Sangtong - Samgeo1 September 1934Sinheung RailwayJangjin Line
Samgeo - Gujin1 November 1934Sinheung RailwayJangjin Line
West Hamheung - Cheongiri11 May 1934Sinheung RailwayNamheung Line
Cheongiri - Naeho5 March 1936Sinheung RailwayNamheung Line
Naeho - Seohojin15 December 1936Sinheung RailwayNamheung Line

The Sinheung Railway was bought and absorbed by Chōtetsu on 22 April 1938; Chōtetsu subsequently split the Sinheung Railway's network into four separate lines: the Hamnam Line, the Songheung Line, the Jangjin Line, and the Namheung Line.