Jangjin Line Explained

Jangjin Line
Native Name:장진선 (長津線)
Native Name Lang:ko
Type:Heavy rail, Regional rail
Passenger/Freight
Status:Operational (see text)
Locale:South Hamgyeong
Start:Sangtong
End:Sasu (after 1935)
Gujin (until 1935)
Stations:11 (14)
Open:1934
Owner:Sinheung Railway (1934–1938)
Chōsen Railway (1938–1945)
Operator:Sinheung Railway;
Chōsen Railway
Linelength Km:59.5
Tracks:Single track
Map State:collapsed

The Jangjin Line (長津線, Chōshin-sen) was a 762mm narrow gauge railway line of the Chōsen Railway of colonial-era Korea, located in South Hamgyeong Province.[1] There is a 7.4km (04.6miles) cable-hauled section between Samgo and Hwangch'oryong; between Pojang and Hwangch'oryong the grade reaches 370‰.[2]

History

In 1934, to aid in the construction of a new hydroelectric power plant on the Jangjin River, and to exploit forestry and other resources in the area, the Sinheung Railway, a subsidiary of the Chōsen Railway began construction of a new line from Sangtong, terminus of its Hamnam Line. The first section, from Sangtong to Samgeo, was opened on 1 September 1934,[3] followed by an extension from Samgeo to Gujin on 1 November of the same year.[4]

Later, the Sindae—Gujin section was closed on 15 July 1935,[5] followed by the closure of the Sasu—Sindae section on 30 August 1935.[6]

The Sinheung Railway was absorbed by Chōtetsu on 22 April 1938,[7] which divided the Hamnam Line, naming the Sangtong–Sasu line Jangjin Line.

After the partition of Korea, the line was located in the territory of North Korea, and was nationalised to become part of the Korean State Railway.[1] The Jangjin Line was subsequently merged with part of the Hamnam Line to create the present-day Changjin 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:[8]

Distance
(read down)
Price
Korean yen
301 303 305 307 311 383 Station name Distance
(read up)
Price
Korean yen
300 302 304 306 308 310
--...75.63.50...
30.31.2508:0509:3512:2615:1718:56...Sangtong45.01.8507:1009:3612:3115:2118:52...
45.41.8509:2110:5413:4516:3420:12...Samgeo29.91.2506:0508:3011:2614:1817:50...
58.22.80...12:4515:5017:50...08:32Goto17.10.70......09:5012:4016:0318:31
75.63.50...13:4616:5119:46...09:36Sasu0.0-......08:2011:1014:3518:28

Route

+ 長津線 - 장진선 - Chōshin Line - Jangjin Line
Distance Station name
Total; kmS2S; kmTranscribed, KoreanTranscribed, JapaneseHunminjeongeumHanja/KanjiConnections
0.00.0SangtongJōtsū상통上通Hamnam Line
4.14.1YongsuRyūsui용수龍水
10.16.0HagicheonKagisen하기천下岐川
15.15.0SamgeoSankyo삼거三巨
18.73.6BojangHōshō부장堡庄
22.53.8HwangchoryeongKōsōrei황초령黄草嶺
27.95.4GotoKodo고토古土
33.15.2BuseongFusei부성富盛
35.92.8SangpyeongJōhei상평上坪
41.05.1JangjinChōshin장진長津
45.04.0SasuShisui사수泗水
49.14.1SindaeShintai신대新垈Closed 30 August 1935
54.35.2ChungnamChūnan중남中南Closed 15 July 1935
59.55.2GujinKyūshin구진旧津Closed 15 July 1935

Notes and References

  1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),
  2. Web site: 북한지리정보: 운수지리 - 장진선 . 2017-01-18 .
  3. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2298, 5 September 1934
  4. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2348, 7 November 1934
  5. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2557, 22 July 1935
  6. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2595, 4 September 1935
  7. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 3385, 3 May 1938
  8. 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)