Temporary Military Railway

Temporary Military Railway Office
Native name
臨時軍用鐵道幹部
임시 군용 철도감부
Rinji Gun'yō Tetsudōkanbu
Imsi Gunyong Cheoldoganbu
IndustryLand transport
PredecessorWestern Railway
Founded1904
Defunct1 September 1906
FateNationalised
SuccessorNational Railway
Headquarters,
Area served
Korea
ServicesPassenger & freight railways
Temporary Military Railway
Gyeongbu Railway
0.0
Gyeongseong (Yongsan)
16.5
Neunggok
opened 4 April 1906
24.9
Ilsan
opened 4 April 1906
35.1
Geumchon
opened 4 April 1906
46.0
Munsan
opened 4 April 1906
57.8
Jangdan
opened 3 April 1906
73.4
Gaeseong
opened 3 April 1906
82.5
Toseong
opened 4 April 1906
97.5
Gyejeong
opened 3 April 1906
119.7
Hanpo
opened 3 April 1906
153.3
Sinmak
opened 3 April 1906
160.1
Seoheung
opened 3 April 1906
175.3
Heungsu
opened 3 April 1906
183.2
Cheonggye
opened 3 April 1906
190.2
Madong
opened 3 April 1906
200.2
Sariwon
opened 3 April 1906
214.0
Chimchon
opened 3 April 1906
224.2
Hwanghae Hwangju
opened 1905
230.1
Gindeung
opened 3 April 1906
236.8
Heukgyo
opened 3 April 1906
243.4
Junghwa
opened 3 April 1906
250.2
Yeokpo
opened 3 April 1906
260.7
Pyeongyang
opened 3 April 1906
301.8
Eopa
opened 5 November 1905
312.6
Sukcheon
opened 5 November 1905
322.9
Manseong
opened 5 November 1905
336.4
Sinanju
opened 5 November 1905
384.1
Cheongju
opened 5 November 1905
396.7
Gwaksan
opened 5 November 1905
417.6
Seoncheon
opened 5 November 1905
427.7
Dongnim
opened 5 November 1905
438.5
Charyeonggwan
opened 5 November 1905
451.9
Namsi
opened 5 November 1905
460.6
Yangchaek
opened 5 November 1905
468.4
Pihyon
opened 5 November 1905
477.7
Baengma
opened 5 November 1905
488.9
Seokha
opened 5 November 1905
496.7
Sinuiju
opened 5 November 1905

The Temporary Military Railway Office (Japanese: 臨時軍用鐵道幹部, Rinji Gun'yō Tetsudōkanbu; Korean: 임시 군용 철도감부, Imsi Gunyong Cheoldoganbu), was a pseudo-corporate entity established by the Imperial Japanese Army to build and operate the Gyeongui Line railway from Gyeongseong (today: Seoul) to Sinuiju.[1]

It opened the second railway line on the Korean peninsula in April 1906, and was nationalised to create the National Railway in September of the same year.

  1. ^ "Korea's Railway Network the Key to Imperial Japan's Control". The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. Retrieved 2010-12-04.