# Donghae Bukbu Line (1929–1945)

The Donghae Bukbu Line (東海北部線, Tōkai Hokubu-sen) was a railway line of the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) in Korea connecting Anbyeon with Yangyang.

## History

The line was originally opened in several stages, with the first section from Anbyeon on Sentetsu's Gyeongwon Line to Heupgok being opened in 1929, and finally reaching Yangyang in 1937. Plans existed to extend the line south from Yangyang to Pohang Station, where it would have connected with the Donghae Nambu Line; however, this extension could not be completed before Japan's defeat in the Pacific War, and the plans were abandoned.
After the partition of Korea, the line was split between the North and South, with the section from Anbyeon to Samilpo becoming the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line in the north, while the section from Chogu to Yangyang became the Donghae Bukbu Line operated by the Korean National Railroad.
| Date | Section | Length |
| 1 September 1929 | Anbyeon–Heupgok | 31.4 km |
| 21 July 1931 | Heupgok–Tongcheon | 29.6 km |
| 21 May 1932 | Tongcheon–Dubaek | 14.7 km |
| 1 August 1932 | Dubaek–Jangjeon | 17.5 km |
| 16 September 1932 | Jangjeon–Oegeumgang | 7.8 km |
| 1 November 1935 | Oegeumgang–Ganseong | 49.7 km |
| 1 December 1937 | Ganseong–Yangyang | 41.9 km |

## Route

Stations as of 1945 :
| Distance | Distance | Station name | Station name | Station name | Station name | | |
| Total; km | S2S; km | Transcribed, Korean | Transcribed, Japanese | Hunminjeongeum | Hanja/Kanji | Opening date Original owner | Connections |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | Anbyeon | Anpen | 안변 | 安辺 | 21 August 1913 | Sentetsu Gyeongwon Line |
| 8.9 | 8.9 | Ogye | Gokei | 오계 | 梧渓 | 1 September 1929 | |
| 14.9 | 6.0 | Sang'eum | Sōin | 상음 | 桑陰 | 1 September 1929 | |
| 25.2 | 10.3 | Jadong | Jitō | 자동 | 慈東 | 1 September 1929 | |
| 31.4 | 6.2 | Heupgok | Kyūkoku | 흡곡 | 歙谷 | 1 September 1929 | |
| 38.0 | 6.6 | Paecheon | Haisen | 패천 | 沛川 | 21 July 1931 | |
| 47.4 | 9.4 | Songjeon | Shōden | 송전 | 松田 | 21 July 1931 | |
| 54.3 | 6.9 | Gojeo | Kotei | 고저 | 庫底 | 21 July 1931 | |
| 61.0 | 6.7 | Tongcheon | Tsūsen | 통천 | 通川 | 21 July 1931 | |
| 70.2 | 9.2 | Yeomseong | Renjō | 염성 | 溓城 | 21 May 1932 | |
| 75.7 | 5.5 | Dubaek | Tōhaku | 두백 | 荳白 | 21 May 1932 | |
| 86.2 | 10.5 | Nam'ae | Nangai | 남애 | 南涯 | 1 August 1932 | |
| 93.2 | 7.0 | Jangjeon | Chōsen | 장전 | 長箭 | 1 August 1932 | |
| 101.0 | 7.8 | Oegeumgang | Gaikongō | 외금강 | 外金剛 | 16 September 1932 | |
| 109.2 | 8.2 | Samilpo | San'nippo | 삼일포 | 三日浦 | 1 November 1935 | |
| 111.4 | 2.2 | Goseong | Kōjō | 고성 | 高城 | 1 November 1935 | |
| 119.9 | 8.5 | Chogu | Sōkyū | 초구 | 草邱 | 1 November 1935 | |
| 125.9 | 6.0 | Jejin Station | Choshin | 제진 | 猪津 | 1 November 1935 | |
| 135.9 | 10.0 | Hyeonnae | Ken'nai | 현내 | 県内 | 1 November 1935 | |
| 143.3 | 7.4 | Geojin | Kyoshin | 거진 | 巨津 | 1 November 1935 | |
| 150.7 | 7.4 | Ganseong | Kanjō | 간성 | 杆城 | 1 November 1935 | |
| 157.4 | 6.7 | Gonghyeonjin | Kōkenshin | 공현진 | 公峴津 | 1 December 1937 | |
| 163.3 | 5.9 | Mun'am | Bungan | 문암 | 文岩 | 1 December 1937 | |
| 169.2 | 5.9 | Cheonjilli | Tenshinri | 천진리 | 天津里 | 1 December 1937 | |
| 175.7 | 6.5 | Sokcho | Sokusō | 속초 | 束草 | 1 December 1937 | |
| 181.5 | 5.8 | Daepo | Taiho | 대포 | 大浦 | 1 December 1937 | |
| 185.2 | 3.7 | Naksansa | Rakuzanji | 낙산사 | 洛山寺 | 1 December 1937 | |
| 192.6 | 7.4 | Yangyang | Jōyō | 양양 | 襄陽 | 1 December 1937 | |