East Manchuria Railway

East Manchuria Railway Co. Ltd.
東満洲鐵道股份有限公司
東満洲鉄道株式会社
동만주 철도 주식회사
Native name
東満洲鐵道股份有限公司
東満洲鉄道株式会社
동만주 철도 주식회사
Dōngmǎnzhōu Tiědào Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī
Higashimanshū Tetsudō Kabushiki Kaisha
Dongmanju Cheoldo Jusikhoesa
Company typeJoint-stock company
IndustryLand transport
PredecessorHunchun Railway Company
Founded15 June 1938
DefunctAugust 1945
FateAbolished
Headquarters,
Area served
eastern Manchukuo, northeastern Korea
Key people
Agent: Naozaburō Nakamura (中村直三郎)
ServicesPassenger & freight railways, passenger busses
Total equity10 million Manchukuo yuan
OwnerEast Manchuria Company (東満洲産業; 100% of 100,000 shares)
East Manchuria Railway
Overview
Stations14
History
Opened10 July 1935 (Hunchun Ry. n.g.)
November 1939 (East Manchuria Ry. s.g.)
Closed1945
Technical
Line length73.1 km (45.4 mi)
Number of tracksSingle track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Old gauge762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Route map

1.2
Korea/Manchukuo→ (dist. Hunyung→border)
0.0
Hunyung 훈융/訓戎
Yongwanzi 用湾子
Shuiwan 水湾
Ying'an 英安
Xiapaotai 西砲台
Hunchun 琿春
Luotuohezi 駱駝河子
Hadamen 哈達門
Gangouzi 乾溝子
Maquanzi 馬圏子
Laolongkou 老龍口
Dongmiaoling 東廟嶺
Daping 大平
73.1
Panshi 磐石
Fenghai Line (Manchukuo National Railway)

The East Manchuria Railway (Japanese: 東満洲鉄道, Higashimanshū Tetsudō; Chinese: 東満洲鐵道, Dōngmǎnzhōu Tiědào; Korean동만주 철도; RRDongmanju Cheoldo) was a railway company in Manchukuo headquartered in Hunchun, Jilin Province. Its mainline ran from Hunyung in Korea on the South Manchuria Railway's (Mantetsu) North Chosen East Line (now Hambuk Line) to Panshi on the Manchukuo National Railway's Fenghai Line[citation needed] via Hunchun. From the mainline there were branchlines to Gangouzi and to Dongmiaoling.

It was the only privately owned railway crossing the Tumen River between Korea and Manchukuo. It was damaged during the Pacific War, and after the end of the war it was closed down and dismantled.[1]

  1. ^ "East Manchuria Railway". Hundred years of rail travel.