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 12 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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