Donghae Bukbu Line (1929–1945)

The Donghae Bukbu Line was a railway line of the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) in Korea connecting Anbyeon with Yangyang.[1]

Donghae Bukbu Line
Overview
Native name	동해북부선 (東海北部線)
Type	Heavy rail, Freight rail
Status	Divided
Locale	Gangwon Province, Korea
Termini	Anbyeon Yangyang
Stations	29
Operation
Opened	Stages between 1929–1937
Operator(s)	Chosen Government Railway
Technical
Line length	192.6 km (119.7 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Sentetsu Gyeongwon Line 0.0 Anbyŏn Sentetsu Gyeongwon Line 8.9 Ogye 14.9 Sang'eum 25.2 Jadong 31.4 Heupgok 38.0 Paechon 47.4 Songjeon 54.3 Gojeo 61.0 Tongcheon 65.1 Byeokyang 70.2 Yeomseong 75.7 Dubaek 86.2 Nam'ae 93.2 Jangjeon 101.0 Oegeumgang 109.2 Samilpo 111.4 Goseong 119.9 Chogu 125.9 Jejin 135.9 Hyeonnae 143.3 Geojin 150.7 Ganseong 157.4 Gonghyeonjin 163.3 Mun'am 169.2 Cheonjilli 175.7 Sokcho 181.5 Daepo 185.2 Naksansa 192.6 Yangyang planned extension Pohang Sentetsu Donghae Nambu Line

Donghae Bukbu Line
Hangul	동해북부선
Hanja	東海北部線
Revised Romanization	Donghae Bukbuseon
McCune–Reischauer	Tonghae Pukpusǒn

History

The line was originally opened in several stages, with the first section from Anbyeon on Sentetsu's Gyeongwon Line to Heupgok being opened in 1929, and finally reaching Yangyang in 1937.[2] Plans existed to extend the line south from Yangyang to Pohang Station, where it would have connected with the Donghae Nambu Line; however, this extension could not be completed before Japan's defeat in the Pacific War, and the plans were abandoned.

After the partition of Korea, the line was split between the North and South, with the section from Anbyeon to Samilpo becoming the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line in the north, while the section from Chogu to Yangyang became the Donghae Bukbu Line operated by the Korean National Railroad.[1]

Date	Section	Length
1 September 1929	Anbyeon–Heupgok	31.4 km
21 July 1931	Heupgok–Tongcheon	29.6 km
21 May 1932	Tongcheon–Dubaek	14.7 km
1 August 1932	Dubaek–Jangjeon	17.5 km
16 September 1932	Jangjeon–Oegeumgang	7.8 km
1 November 1935	Oegeumgang–Ganseong	49.7 km
1 December 1937	Ganseong–Yangyang	41.9 km

Route

Stations as of 1945

Distance		Station name
Total; km	S2S; km	Transcribed, Korean	Transcribed, Japanese	Hunminjeongeum	Hanja/Kanji	Opening date Original owner	Connections
0.0	0.0	Anbyeon	Anhen	안변	安辺	21 August 1913	Sentetsu Gyeongwon Line
8.9	8.9	Ogye	Gokei	오계	梧渓	1 September 1929
14.9	6.0	Sang'eum	Sōin	상음	桑陰	1 September 1929
25.2	10.3	Jadong	Shitō	자동	慈東	1 September 1929
31.4	6.2	Heupgok	Kyūkoku	흡곡	歙谷	1 September 1929
38.0	6.6	Paecheon	Haisen	패천	沛川	21 July 1931
47.4	9.4	Songjeon	Shōden	송전	松田	21 July 1931
54.3	6.9	Gojeo	Kotei	고저	庫底	21 July 1931
61.0	6.7	Tongcheon	Tsūsen	통천	通川	21 July 1931
70.2	9.2	Yeomseong	Renjō	염성	溓城	21 May 1932
75.7	5.5	Dubaek	Tōbyaku	두백	荳白	21 May 1932
86.2	10.5	Nam'ae	Nangai	남애	南涯	1 August 1932
93.2	7.0	Jangjeon	Chōsen	장전	長箭	1 August 1932
101.0	7.8	Oegeumgang	Gaikongō	외금강	外金剛	16 September 1932
109.2	8.2	Samilpo	Sannichiho	삼일포	三日浦	1 November 1935
111.4	2.2	Goseong	Kōjō	고성	高城	1 November 1935
119.9	8.5	Chogu	Sōku	초구	草邱	1 November 1935
125.9	6.0	Jejin Station	Choshin	제진	猪津	1 November 1935
135.9	10.0	Hyeonnae	Kennai	현내	縣內	1 November 1935
143.3	7.4	Geojin	Kyoshin	거진	巨津	1 November 1935
150.7	7.4	Ganseong	Kanjō	간성	杆城	1 November 1935
157.4	6.7	Gonghyeonjin	Kōkenshin	공현진	公峴津	1 December 1937
163.3	5.9	Mun'am	Bungan	문암	文岩	1 December 1937
169.2	5.9	Cheonjilli	Tenshinri	천진리	天津里	1 December 1937
175.7	6.5	Sokcho	Sokusō	속초	束草	1 December 1937
181.5	5.8	Daepo	Daiho	대포	大浦	1 December 1937
185.2	3.7	Naksansa	Rakusanji	낙산사	洛山寺	1 December 1937
192.6	7.4	Yangyang	Shōyō	양양	襄陽	1 December 1937

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. Japanese Government Railways (1937). 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]. Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company. p. 494.