Hamgyŏng Line

Hamgyŏng Line
Chosŏn'gŭl	함경선
Hancha	咸鏡線
Revised Romanization	Hamgyeongseon
McCune–Reischauer	Hamgyŏngsŏn

The Hamgyŏng Line (Wonsan-Sangsambong) was a railway line in Korea, fully opened in 1928. It is now split between the following lines in North Korea:

• Kangwon Line(Wonsan-Kowon)
• Pyongna Line(Kowon-Chongjin)
• Hambuk Line(Chongjin-Sangsambong)

History

The line was constructed by the Governor-General of Korea for the transport to Manchuria (northeastern China) and connected with the Gyeongwon Line at the Wonsan Station. The line was extended until 1928 as follows:

Date	Section	Length
1 August 1915	Wonsan–Muncheon (Okp'yŏng)	20.0 km
21 July 1916	Muncheon–Yeongheung (Kŭmya)	34.4 km
5 November 1916	Ch'ŏngjin (Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn) – Ch'angp'yŏng	55.7 km
16 September 1917	Ch'angp'yŏng–P'ungsan	13.4 km
25 November 1917	P'ungsan–Hoeryŏng	24.7 km
10 December 1919	Ranam–Susŏng	14.9 km
15 December 1919	Yeongheung (Kŭmya)–Hamhŭng	69.5 km
11 November 1920	Jueul (Kyŏngsŏng)–Ranam	21.0 km
1 December 1922	Hamhŭng–Seohojin (Sŏho)	18.0 km
25 September 1923	Seohojin (Sŏho)–Toejo (Ragwon)	18.4 km
11 October 1924	Toejo (Ragwon)–Yanghwa	58.0 km
	Dancheon (Tanch'ŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn)–Kilju (Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn)	84.7 km
	Ponggang–Jueul (Kyŏngsŏng)	39.5 km
1 November 1925	Yanghwa–Soku	14.1 km
11 November 1926	Soku–Sinbukchŏng	8.9 km
1 December 1926	Kŭktong–Ponggang	17.3 km
10 June 1927	Ryongdong–Kŭktong	8.1 km
1 December 1927	Sinbukch'ŏng–Bansong[1]
	Gunseon (Riwon)–Dancheon (Tanch'ŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn)	31.5 km
	Kilju (Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn)–Ryongdong	39.4 km
1 September 1928	Kŏsan–Gunseon (Riwon)	26.1 km

Since the 1930s international trains has been running through this line from Gyeongseong (Seoul) to Mudanjiang in China. The line also played the important role of invading Manchuria of Japan.

References

1. This station was closed on 31 August 1928. (cited from 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 486, 10 August 1928)

• Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), Shinchosha, Tokyo, 2007, ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
• Japanese Government Railways, 鉄道停車場一覧 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, 1937, pp 498–501, 504–505 (Japanese)