Hamnam Line (Chōtetsu) Explained

Hamnam Line
Native Name:함남선 (咸南線)
Native Name Lang:ko
Type:Heavy rail, Regional rail
Passenger/Freight
Status:Operational (see text)
Locale:South Hamgyeong
Start:Hamheung
End:Hamnam Sinheung,
Jangpung
Stations:28
Open:1923–1926
Owner:Chōsen Forestry Railway (1923)
Chōsen Railway (1923–1930)
Sinheung Railway (1930–1938)
Chōsen Railway (1938–1945)
Linelength Km:56.6
Tracks:Single track

Hamnam Line (咸南線, Kan'nan-sen) was the name given by the Chōsen Railway (Chōtetsu) of colonial-era Korea to a small network of 762mm narrow gauge railway lines in South Hamgyeong Province.[1]

History

A line from Hamheung on the Hamgyeong Line of the Chōsen Government Railway to Oro, to exploit forestry and other resources in the area, was originally planned by the Chosen Forestry Railway as part of a trunk line connecting Hamhung to Manpo via Changjin and Huju. The first section, 17km (11miles) from Hamheung to Oro, was opened on 7 June 1923,[2] and on 25 August 1923, the 11.2km (07miles) Oro–Jangpung section and West Hamheung Station were opened.[3]

On 1 September 1923, the Chōsen Forestry Railway merged with five other private railway companies to form the Chōsen Railway (Chōtetsu);[4] Chōtetsu subsequently named the Hamheung–Jangpung line Hamnam Line.

On 1 October 1926, Chōtetsu opened a 15.1km (09.4miles) section of line from Oro to Sangtong;[5] this was followed on 1 February 1928 by the 20km (10miles) section from Pungsang to Hamnam Songheung.[6] Two years later, on 1 February 1930 the Hamnam Line was taken over by a newly established subsidiary company, the Sinheung Railway.[7]

The Sinheung Railway continued to expand the network, and on 15 January 1932, after the existing Hamnam Songheung Station was renamed Hasonghung Station, the present Hamnam Songheung Station was opened 1km (01miles) from Hasongheung, [8] and on 10 September 1933, the line was extended 31.6km (19.6miles) to Bujeonhoban.

The Sinheung Railway was absorbed by Chōtetsu on 22 April 1938,[9] and Chōtetsu separated the Hamnam Sinheung–Bujeonhoban section from the Hamnam Line, naming that portion the Songheung Line.

After the establishment of North Korea and the nationalisation of its railways, the Hamnam Line was split up, with the Hamheung - Oro - Sinheung section becoming the Sinhŭng Line, and the Oro - Sangtong section becoming part of the Changjin Line. At the same time, the Songheung Line was merged into the Sinhŭng Line.[1]

Services

In the November 1942 timetable, the last issued prior to the start of the Pacific War, Chōtetsu operated the following schedule of third-class-only local passenger services:[10]

+ Hamheung ~ Oro
Distance
(read down) 		Price
K. yen 		303/
503 		305 505 307 507 311 313 315 317 Station name Distance
(read up) 		Price
K. yen 		400 402 300 302 502 304 306/
504 		308 506
0.0-07:1009:3010:3012:0015:0016:1019:1022:2423:15Hamheung17.00.7005:3907:5409:0911:3913:4414:3417:4920:5922:23
2.50.1507:2409:5510:5512:2915:2616:3019:3722:4523:35West Hamheung14.50.5505:3007:4509:0011:3013:3514:2517:4020:5022:14
6.60.3007:3510:0711:0712:4115:3816:4119:4922:5723:47Heungsang10.40.4005:0907:1208:3411:1112:5814:0417:1720:2421:53
9.30.4007:4410:1611:1612:5015:4716:5019:5823:0623:50Bumin7.70.3505:0107:0408:2611:0212:4913:5517:0820:1521:45
12.30.5507:5210:2511:2512:5915:5616:5920:0723:1500:05Jangheung4.70.2504:5206:5508:1710:5312:4013:4617:0020:0621:36
17.00.7008:0410:3711:3713:1116:0817:1120:1923:2700:17Oro0.0-04:4006:4308:0510:4012:2713:3316:4719:5321:24
Cont. to:303: Sasu
503: B-hoban		SasuB-hobanSasuH. SongheungSamgeo---Arr from:--SamgeoSamgeoH. SongheungSasu306: Sasu
504: B-hoban		SasuB-hoban
+ Oro ~ Jangpung/Hamnam Sinheung
Distance
(read down) 		Price
K. yen 		501 503 505 507 Station name Distance
(read up) 		Price
K. yen 		500 502 504 506
Arr. from-HamheungHamheungHamheungCont. to:-HamheungHamheungHamheung
17.00.7005:0508:1012:1217:15Oro74.63.6008:5912:0316:2821:06
25.91.0505:3908:3412:3617:38arr. Pungsang dep.65.73.2008:3611:4016:0520:44
0.0-↓09:50↓↓dep. Pungsang arr.2.30.15↑10:30↑↑
2.30.15↓10:00↓↓Jangpung0.0-↑10:20↑↑
25.91.0505:4008:3912:4617:40dep. Pungsang arr.65.73.2008:3411:3516:0320:42
33.51.4006:0909:0813:1518:10Cheonbulsan58.52.8008:1211:1615:4120:21
41.01.6506:5609:5514:1419:09Hamnam Sinheung50.62.1007:4510:5015:1519:55
Cont. to:H. SongheungB-hobanB-hobanH. SongheungSongheung LineArr. from:H. SongheungH. SongheungB-hobanB-hoban
+ Oro ~ Sangtong
Distance
(read down) 		Price
K. yen 		301 303 305 307 311 Station name Distance
(read up) 		Price
K. yen 		300 302 304 306 308
Arr. from:-HamheungHamheungHamheungHamheungCont. to:HamheungHamheungHamheungHamheungHamheung
17.00.7006:5108:2511:1213:4817:40Oro58.62.8007:5110:1713:1216:0319:33
22.10.9507:0908:4211:3014:0617:58Tongyang53.52.2007:3710:0312:5815:4919:19
26.11.1007:2408:5711:4514:2118:13Songdang49.52.0007:2409:5012:4515:3619:06
30.31.2508:0509:3512:2615:1718:56Sangtong43.31.8007:1009:3612:3115:2118:52
Cont. to:SamgeoSasuSasuSasuSamgeoJangjin LineArr. from:SamgeoSamgeoSasuSasuSasu

Route

+咸南線 - 함남선 - Kan'nan Line - Hamnam Line
Distance Station name
Total; kmS2S; kmTranscribed, KoreanTranscribed, JapaneseHunminjeongeumHanja/KanjiConnections
0.00.0HamheungKankō함흥咸興Sentetsu Hamgyeong Line
1.01.0Seohamheung
West Hamheung		Nishi-Kankō서함흥西咸興Namheung Line
6.65.6HeungsangKōshō흥상興祥
9.32.7BuminFumin부민富民
12.33.0JangheungChōkō장흥長興
17.04.7OroGorō오로五老Sangtong branch
25.98.9PungsangHōjō풍상豊上Jangpung branch
30.74.8JeondongTentō전동典洞
33.52.8CheonbulsanSenbutsuzan천불산千仏山
41.07.5Hamnam SinheungKan'nan-Shinkō함남신흥咸南新興Songheung Line
+上通支線 - 상통지선 - Jōtsū Branch - Sangtong Branch
Distance Station name
Total; kmS2S; kmTranscribed, KoreanTranscribed, JapaneseHunminjeongeumHanja/KanjiConnections
0.00.0OroGorō오로五老Main line
5.65.6DongyangTōyō동양東陽
9.13.5SongdangShōdō송당松堂
11.42.3DongcheongTōsei동정東井
13.34.2SangtongJōtsū상통上通Songheung Line
+ 咸南支線 - 함남지선 - Chōhō Branch - Jangpung Branch
Distance Station name
Total; kmS2S; kmTranscribed, KoreanTranscribed, JapaneseHunminjeongeumHanja/KanjiConnections
0.00.0PungsangHōjō풍상豊上Main line
2.32.3JangpungChōhō장풍長豊

Notes and References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),
  2. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō No. 3251, 13 June 1923
  3. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō No. 3320, 4 September 1923
  4. http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1923090300209202017&edtNo=1&printCount=1&publishDate=1923-09-03&officeId=00020&pageNo=2&printNo=1101&publishType=00020 Establishment of the Chosen Railway
  5. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō No. 4244, 13 October 1926
  6. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 354, 7 March 1928
  7. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 930, 10 February 1930
  8. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1510, 22 January 1932
  9. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 3385, 3 May 1938
  10. Tōa Travel Co. (東亜旅行社), Ministry of Railways Combined Timetable 1 November 1942 (鐵道省編纂時刻表昭和１７年１１月１日)

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