Domun Railway

The Tomon Railway Company (Japanese: 図們鉄道株式会社, Tomon Tetsudo Kabushiki Kaisha; Korean: 도문철도주식회사, Domun Cheoldo Jusikhoesa), was a privately owned railway company in Japanese-occupied Korea.

Domun Railway Co. Ltd.
Overview
Native name도문철도주식회사 (Domun Cheoldo Jusikhoesa)
図們鉄道株式会社 (Tomon Tetsudō Kabushiki Kaisha)
Route map
 Domun Railway main line
 Domun Railway secondary lines
 other railways
0.0 Hoeryeong
0.9 Sinhoeryeong
5.3 Bongui
3.7 Geumsaeng
10.6 Yuseon
Geungsim-dong
9.4 Goryeongjin
14.8
0.0
 Sinhakpo
8.6 Secheon
17.8 Hakpo
14.4 Jungbong
27.2 Sinjeon
33.6 Ganpyeong
40.5 Sangsambong
("Upper Sambong")
43.7 Hasambong
("Lower Sambong")
52.8
0.0
 Jongseong
58.0 Soam
15.6 Tongpo
64.0
0.0
 Donggwanjin
11.5 Seongpyeong

History

The Tomon Railway's line ran from Kainei to Tōkanchin, and was opened in three stages: the Kainei–Jōsanpō section (40.4 km (25.1 mi)) was completed on 5 January 1920, the Jōsanpō–Shōjō section (9.1 km (5.7 mi)) on 1 December 1922, and the Shōjō–Tōkanchin section (8.2 km (5.1 mi)) on 1 November 1924.[1]

The narrow-gauge Tiantu Railway, opened in 1923,[2] signed a cross-border operational agreement with the Tomon Railway on 26 June 1926,[3] after which a bridge across the Tumen River between Jōsanpō and Kaishantun was opened on 30 September 1927.[2]

The last line to be opened by the Tomon Railway was the 10.6 km (6.6 mi) Kainei Colliery Line from Kainei to Keirin, which was opened on 11 August 1928.[4]

This line was nationalised on 1 April 1929, becoming the West Domun Line of the Chōsen Government Railway (Sentetsu).[1] Subsequently, merged with Sentetsu's East Tomon Line (Tōkanchin–Yūki), the management of the entire line was transferred to the South Manchuria Railway; at that time, the merged Tomon Line was added to the existing (Genzan-Seishin) Kankyō Line.[5] In 1933 the Manchukuo National Railway bought the Tiantu Railway, converting it to standard gauge to make a shorter, more direct line from Kaishantun to Chaoyangchuan on the MNR's Jingtu Line to Xinjing, opening the new line for use at the end of March 1934.[2]

After the end of the Pacific War, the Provisional People’s Committee for North Korea nationalised all railways in the Soviet zone of occupation on 10 August 1946, and following the establishment of North Korea, the Korean State Railway was created.[6] After the end of the Korean War, the restructuring of the North Korean railway system, including the rearrangement of rail lines, led to the Hoeryeong–Sambong line becoming part of the Korean State Railway's Hambuk Line running from Cheongjin to Rajin via Namyang.[7]

Rolling stock

Little is known about the Domun Railway's motive power; however, it is known that four 2-6-2T tank locomotives operated by the Domun Railway became Sentetsu's Pureko- and Purero-class locomotives after nationalisation of the company.

Network
Main line
DistanceStation name
Total; km S2S; km Transcribed, Korean Transcribed, Japanese Hunminjeongeum Hanja/Kanji Connections Opened
0.0 0.0 Hoeryeong Kainei 회령 會寧 Hoeryeong Colliery Line 5 January 1920
0.9 0.9 Sinhoeryeong Shinkainei 신회령 新会寧 5 January 1920
3.7 2.8 Geumsaeng Kinsei 금생 金生 5 January 1920
9.4 5.7 Goryeongjin Kōreichin 고령진 高嶺鎮 5 January 1920
14.8 5.4 Sinhakpo Shinkakuho 신학포 新鶴浦 Secheon Line 5 January 1920
17.8 2.9 Hakpo Kakuho 학포 鶴浦 5 January 1920
27.2 9.4 Sinjeon Shinden 신전 新田 5 January 1920
33.6 6.4 Ganpyeong Kanpei 간평 間坪 5 January 1920
40.5 6.9 Sangsambong Jōsanpō 상삼봉 上三峰 Tiantu Railway
(opened 30 September 1927)		 5 January 1920
43.7 3.2 Hasambong Kasanpō 하삼봉 下三峰 1 December 1922
52.8 9.1 Jongseong Shōjō 종성 鍾城 Tongpo Line 1 December 1922
58.0 5.2 Soam Shōgan 소암 小岩 1 November 1924
66.2 8.2 Tonggwanjin Tōkanchin 동관진 東関鎮 Seongpyeong Line 1 November 1924
會寧炭鑛線 - 회령탄광선 - Kainei Tankō Line - Hoeryeong Tan-gwang Line
DistanceStation name
Total; km S2S; km Transcribed, Korean Transcribed, Japanese Hunminjeongeum Hanja/Kanji Connections Opened
0.0 0.0 Hoeryeong Kainei 회령 會寧 main line 5 January 1920
5.3 5.3 Yeongsu Yōsui 영수 永綏 11 August 1928
9.2 3.9 Bongui Hōgi 봉의 鳳儀 11 August 1928
10.6 1.4 Gyerim Keirin 계림 鶏林 11 August 1928
細川線 - 세천선 - Saisen Line - Secheon Line
DistanceStation name
Total; km S2S; km Transcribed, Korean Transcribed, Japanese Hunminjeongeum Hanja/Kanji Connections Opened
0.0 0.0 Sinhakpo Shinkakuho 신학포 新鶴浦 main line 5 January 1920
8.6 8.6 Secheon Saisen 세천 細川 1920
14.4 5.8 Jungbong Chūhō 중봉 仲峰 1920
東浦線 - 동포선 - Tōho Line - Tongpo Line
DistanceStation name
Total; km S2S; km Transcribed, Korean Transcribed, Japanese Hunminjeongeum Hanja/Kanji Connections Opened
0.0 0.0 Jongseong Shōjō 종성 鍾城 main line 1 December 1922
15.6 15.6 Tongpo Tōho 동포 東浦 1 November 1924
城坪線 - 성평선 - Seihei Line - Songpyeong Line
DistanceStation name
Total; km S2S; km Transcribed, Korean Transcribed, Japanese Hunminjeongeum Hanja/Kanji Connections Opened
66.2 8.2 Tonggwanjin Tōkanchin 동관진 東関鎮 main line 1 November 1924
Namjudong Nanshūtō 남주동 南州洞 1924
11.5 11.5 Seongpyeong Jōhei 성평 城坪 1924

References
  1. 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 669, 28 March 1929 (in Japanese)
  2. http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~travel-100years/travelguide_054.htm
  3. 浦野, 起央 (1955). 朝鮮の領土: 【分析・資料・文献】. 三和書籍. p. 160-161. ISBN 978-4-86251-202-4.
  4. Japanese Government Railways (1937). 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在 [The List of Stations as of 1 October 1937] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company. p. 506.
  5. "南満州鉄道株式会社全路線". Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  6. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. 131, ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  7. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. 89, ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
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