Chōsen Pyeongan Railway

Chōsen Pyeongan Railway Co. Ltd.
Overview
Native name	조선평안철도도주식회사 (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

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

History

On 8 July 1938, the Chōsen 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

Distance		Station name
Total; km	S2S; km	Transcribed, Korean	Transcribed, Japanese	Hunminjeongeum	Hanja/Kanji	Connections
0.0	3.3	Jinnampo	Chin'nanpo	진남포	鎮南浦	Sentetsu Pyeongnam Line
7.0	7.0	Haesan	Kaizan	해산	海山
9.4	2.4	Deokdong	Tokutō	덕동	徳洞
13.8	4.4	Pyeongnam Sindeok	Heinanshintoku	평남신덕	平南新徳
18.5	4.7	Donggwangnyang	Higashikōryō	동광량	東広梁
20.7	2.2	Seogwangnyang	Nishikōryō	서광량	西広梁
23.4	2.7	Hwado	Katō	화도	花島
25.9	2.5	Nosang	Rojō	노상	路上
29.8	3.9	Gwiseong	Kijō	귀성	貴城
34.7	4.9	Yonggang Oncheon	Ryōkōonsen	용강온천	龍岡温泉

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