Donghae Bukbu Line (1929–1945)

Donghae Bukbu Line
Overview
Native name	동해북부선 (東海北部線)
Type	Heavy rail, Freight rail
Status	Divided, see article
Termini	Anbyeon Yangyang
Stations	29
Operation
Opened	Stages between 1929–1937
Owner	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

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

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]

Route

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