Sinheung Railway
{{Short description|1930–1938 company in colonial Korea}}
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| native_name = 신흥철도주식회사 (Sinheung Cheoldo Jusikhoesa)
新興鉄道株式会社 (Shinkō Tetsudo Kabushiki Kaisha)
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The Sinheung Railway (Japanese: 新興鉄道株式会社, Shinkō Tetsudo Kabushiki Kaisha; Korean: 신흥철도주식회사, Sinheung Cheoldo Jusikhoesa), was a privately owned railway company in colonial era Korea.
It was a subsidiary of the Chōsen Railway (Chōtetsu), colonial Korea's largest privately owned railway company, established in 1930 to operate a number of lines opened by Chōtetsu and one of its predecessors, the Chōsen Forestry Railway.朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 930, 10 February 1930
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! Opening date ! Length ! Line ! Opened by ! Notes |
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| Hamheung - Oro
| 7 June 1923朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō No. 3251, 13 June 1923 | {{convert|17.0|km|abbr=on}} | Chōsen Forestry Railway | |
| Oro - Jangpung
| 25 August 1923朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō No. 3320, 4 September 1923 | {{convert|11.2|km|abbr=on}} | Hamnam Line | Chōsen Forestry Railway | Pungsang—Jangpung section subsequently closed. |
| West Hamhŭng Station
| 25 August 1923朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō No. 3320, 4 September 1923 | - | Chōsen Forestry Railway | Hamnam Line | |
| Oro - Sangtong
| 1 October 1926朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō No. 4244, 13 October 1926 | {{convert|15.1|km|abbr=on}} | Chōsen Railway | Hamnam Line | |
| Pungsang - Hasongheung
| 1 February 1928朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 354, 7 March 1928 | {{convert|20.0|km|abbr=on}} | Chōsen Railway | |
| Hasongheung – Hamnam Songheung
| 15 January 1932朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1510, 22 January 1932 | {{convert|1.0|km|abbr=on}} | Sinheung Railway | Songheung Line | |
| Hamnam Songheung - Bujeonhoban
| 10 September 1933 | {{convert|31.6|km|abbr=on}} | Sinheung Railway | Songheung Line | |
| Sangtong - Samgeo
| 1 September 1934朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2298, 5 September 1934 | {{convert|15.1|km|abbr=on}} | Sinheung Railway | |
| Samgeo - Gujin
| 1 November 1934朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 2348, 7 November 1934 | {{convert|46.7|km|abbr=on}} | Sinheung Railway | Jangjin Line | |
| West Hamheung - Cheongiri
| 11 May 1934 | {{convert|14.9|km|abbr=on}} | Sinheung Railway | |
| Cheongiri - Naeho
| 5 March 1936 | {{convert|1.7|km|abbr=on}} | Sinheung Railway | Namheung Line | |
| Naeho - Seohojin
| 15 December 1936 | {{convert|1.7|km|abbr=on}} | Sinheung Railway | Namheung Line | |
The Sinheung Railway was bought and absorbed by Chōtetsu on 22 April 1938;朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 3385, 3 May 1938 Chōtetsu subsequently split the Sinheung Railway's network into four separate lines: the Hamnam Line (Hamheung–Hamnam Sinhung/Sangtong/Jangpung), the Songheung Line (Hamnam Sinheung–Bujeonhoban), the Jangjin Line (Sangtong–Sasu), and the Namheung Line (West Hamheung–Seohojin).