Geumgangsan Electric Railway

For the railway of North Korea, see Kumgangsan Chongnyon Line.
Geumgangsan Line
Overview
Other name(s) Kumgangsan Electric Railway
금강산전기철도(金剛山電氣鐵道)
Native name 금강산선(金剛山線)
Type Heavy rail, Passenger/Freight
Regional rail
Status Abolished
Locale Gangwon (South Korea)
Gangwon (North Korea)
Termini Cheorwon
Naegumgang
Stations 28
Operation
Opened Stages between 1924-1931
Closed 1950
Owner Gyeongseong Electric Co. Ltd. (1942-1945)
Operator(s) Gyeongseong Electric Co. Ltd. (1942-1945)
Technical
Line length 116.6 km (72.5 mi)
Number of tracks Single track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 1.5 kV DC Overhead lines
Route map
Legend
 Gyeongwon Line
 0.0 Cheorwon
 Gyeongwon Line
 1.6 Sayo
 3.2 East Cheorwon
 6.0 Dongsong
 10.3 Yangji
 14.2 Igil
 17.5 Jeongyeon
 21.5 Yugok
 24.5 Geumgok
 28.8 Gimhwa
 33.0 Gwangsam
 ↑Cheorwon, Gangwon
 ROK - DPRK Border
 36.3 Haso
 40.1 Haengjeong
 ↑Pyonggang/Kimhwa↓
 45.8 Baegyang
 51.0 Geumseong
 54.0 Gyeongpa
 59.6 Tangam
 ↑Kimhwa/Changdo↓
 65.6 South Changdo
 67.6 Changdo
 75.3 Giseong Closed in 1944
 82.7 Hyeolli Closed in 1944
 90.0 Dopa Closed in 1944
 94.7 Hwagye Closed in 1944
 99.3 Oryang Closed in 1944
 ↑Changdo/Kumgang↓
 104.8 Danbalryeong Closed in 1944
 108.0 Malhwiri Closed in 1944
 112.4 Byeongmu Closed in 1944
 116.6 Naegumgang Closed in 1944
Naegumgang Station on the Geumgangsan Electric Railway

The Geumgangsan Line (Hangul: 금강산선; hanja: 金剛山線; RR: Geumgangsan Seon; MR: Kŭmgangsan Sŏn) is an abandoned railway which operated between Cheorwon Station (Gyeongwon Line) and Naegumgang Station (the inland part of Mount Kumgang).

History

Built in 1924 by the modernizing Japanese administration of Korea, the line was known as the Kongosan Electric Railway (Japanese: 金剛山電気鉄道 Hepburn: Kongōsan denki tetsudō) and operated between on a 116.6 km electrified route at 1500 V DC. The line was constructed through the following stages:

Date Section Length
1 August 1924 Cheorwon - Gimhwa 28.8 km
30 November 1925 Gimhwa - Geumseong 22.2 km
15 September 1926 Geumseong - Tangam 8.6 km
1 September 1927 Tangam - Changdo 8.0 km
15 April 1929 Changdo - Hyeolli 15.1 km
25 September 1929 Hyeolli - Hwagye 12.0 km
15 May 1930 Hwagye - Geumganggu (Malhwiri) 13.3 km
1 July 1931 Geumganggu - Naegeumgang 8.6 km

The interval of Changdo-Naegeumgang was initially closed in 1944 under the influence of the Pacific War and the rest of this railway was finally removed in 1950 due to the Korean War. Before the Korean war, the whole line belonged to the territory of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), but because of territorial changes during the way, the western part of the line fell within the territory of the Republic of Korea (South Korea).

References

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