North Chosen Line

North Chosen Line
Overview
Native name	북선선 (北鮮線)
Status	Merged (see article)
Owner	Domun Railway (1924–1929) Chosen Government Railway (1929–1933) South Manchuria Railway (1933–1945)
Termini	Sangsambong Unggi
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Passenger & freight rail Regional rail
History
Opened	1924−1933
Technical
Line length	194.5 km (120.9 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Legend Mantetsu North Chosen West Line Mantetsu North Chosen East Line other Mantetsu lines other railways Sentetsu Hamgyeong Line 0.0 Sangsambong Manchukuo Nat'l Rly Chaokai Line 3.2 Hasambong Closed 1933 9.1 Jongseong Tongpo Line 14.3 Soam Closed 1944 Songpyeong Line 17.3 Donggwan 23.2 Sugupo 29.9 Gangyang (Namyang Border Line) 36.0 3.3 Namyang from Sangsambong from Tumen 0.0 Tumen Manchukuo Nat'l Rly Jingtu Line 7.2 Pungni 13.3 Seseon 17.8 Unseong 24.3 Pung'in 33.6 Hwangpa East Manchuria Railway 43.2 Hunyung Tumen River 48.6 Hamyeon 52.9 Gyeongwon 60.2 Nongpo 64.0 Seungnyang 72.4 Singeon 83.0 Sinasan 90.3 Songhak Chosen Coal Rly Ao Line 96.2 Aoji 104.9 Cheonghak 114.6 Sahoe 127.7 Guryongpyeong 135.7 Ungsang 146.2 East Unggi 158.5 Unggi Mantetsu Ungna Line

The North Chosen Line – specifically, the North Chosen West Line (北鮮西部線, Hokusen Seibu-sen; 북선서부선, Bukseon Seobu-seon) and the North Chosen East Line (北鮮東部線, Hokusen Tōbu-sen; 북선동부선, Bukseon Dongbu-seon) – was a railway line of the South Manchuria Railway in Japanese-occupied Korea from 1933 to 1945. Following Japan's defeat in the Pacific War and the subsequent partition of Korea, the line, being located entirely in the North, was taken over by the Korean State Railway as part of the Hambuk Line.^[1]