Chosen Pyeongan Railway

The Chosen Pyeongan Railway (Japanese: 朝鮮平安鉄道株式會社, Chōsen Heian Tetsudō Kabushiki Kaisha; Korean: 조선평안철도주식회사, Joseon Pyeongan Cheoldo Jusikhoesa), was a privately owned railway company in Japanese-occupied Korea.[1]

Chosen Pyeongan Railway Co. Ltd.
Overview
Native name조선평안철도도주식회사 (Joseon Pyeongan Cheoldo Jusikhoesa)
朝鮮平安鉄道株式會社 (Chōsen Heian Tetsudō Kabushiki Kaisha)
Route map
Sentetsu Pyeongnam Line
0.0
 Nampo
7.0
 Haesan
9.5
 Deokdong
13.8
 Pyeongnam Sindeok
18.5
 Donggwangnyang
20.7
 Seogwangnyang
23.4
 Hwado
25.9
 Nosang
29.8
 Gwiseong
34.7
 Yonggang Oncheon

History

On 8 July 1938, the Chosen Pyeongan Railway opened the 34.7 km (21.6 mi) Oncheon Line from Jinnampo, terminus of the Chosen Government Railway's Pyeongnam Line, to Yonggang Oncheon, running passenger trains to serve the hot springs there.[2]

After the partition of Korea the line was within the territory of the DPRK, and was nationalised by the Provisional People’s Committee for North Korea along with all other railways in the Soviet zone of occupation on 10 August 1946,[3] to be operated by the Korean State Railway, which merged the Oncheon Line into the Pyeongnam Line.[1]

Services

Two trains stopping at every station were listed in the 1945 timetable, one from Botonggang Station in suburban Pyongyang, and the other from Deokcheon on the West Chosen Central Railway's Seoseon Line.[1] The reason for needing a train connecting these two cities is unclear. However, the train left Deokcheon at 3:12 PM, arriving at Oncheon at 2:45 AM the next morning; then, it departed Oncheon at 4:05 AM, arriving at Botonggang at 8:55 AM before returning to Oncheon and thence to Deokcheon.[1]

Route
温泉線 - 온천선 - Onsen Line - Oncheon Line
DistanceStation name
Total; km S2S; km Transcribed, Korean Transcribed, Japanese Hunminjeongeum Hanja/Kanji Connections
0.0 3.3 Jinnampo Chinnanpo 진남포 鎮南浦 Sentetsu Pyeongnam Line
7.0 7.0 Haesan Kaisan 해산 海山
9.4 2.4 Deokdong Tokutō 덕동 徳洞
13.8 4.4 Pyeongnam Sindeok Heinan Shintoku 평남신덕 平南新徳
18.5 4.7 Donggwangnyang Higashi-Kōryō 동광량 東広梁
20.7 2.2 Seogwangnyang Nishi-Kōryō 서광량 西広梁
23.4 2.7 Hwado Kadō 화도 花島
25.9 2.5 Nosang Roshan 노상 路上
29.8 3.9 Gwiseong Kijō 귀성 貴城
34.7 4.9 Yonggang Oncheon Ryōkō Onsen 용강온천 龍岡温泉
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References
  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. 86 ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Gazette of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa No. 3447, 14 July 1938
  3. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. xiv, ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
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