Native name 금강산전기철도 (金剛山電氣鐵道) Termini Cheorwon
Naegŭmgang | Status Closed Stations 28 | |
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Other name(s) Kŭmgangsan Line (Geumgangsan Line) Type Heavy rail, Passenger/Freight
Regional rail Locale Gangwon Province, South Korea, Kangwon Province | ||
The Kŭmgangsan Electric Railway (Hangul: 금강산전기철도) is an abandoned railway which operated between Chŏrwŏn (Kyŏngwŏn Line) and Naegŭmgang stations (the inland part of Mount Kŭmgang).
History
Built in 1924 by the modernizing Japanese administration of Korea, the line was known as the Kongosan Electric Railway (Japanese: 金剛山電気鉄道, Hepburn: Kongōsan denki tetsudō) and operated between on a 116.6 km (72.5 mi) electrified route at 1500 V DC. The line was constructed through the following stages:
The interval of Changdo–Naegŭmgang was initially closed in 1944 under the influence of the Pacific War and the rest of this railway was finally removed in 1950 due to the Korean War. Before the Korean war, the whole line belonged to the territory of North Korea, but because of territorial changes during the way, the western part of the line fell within the territory of South Korea.