Chōsen Government Railway

Chōsen Government Railway
Chōsen Government Railway
Japanese name
Kanji	朝鮮總督府鐵道
Romanization
Transcriptions
Romanization	Chōsen Sōtokufu Tetsudō
Alternative Japanese name
Kanji	鮮鐵
Romanization
Transcriptions
Romanization	Sentetsu
Korean name
Hangul	조선총독부 철도
Hanja	朝鮮總督府鐵道
Revised Romanization
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	Joseon Chongdokbu Cheoldo
McCune–Reischauer	Chosŏn Ch'ongdokbu Ch'ŏldo
Alternative Korean name
Hangul	선철
Hanja	鮮鐵
Revised Romanization
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	Seoncheol
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏnch'ŏl

Chōsen Government Railway
朝鮮總督府鐵道
조선총독부 철도
Overview
Headquarters	Keijō
Locale	Korea, Empire of Japan
Dates of operation	1910–1945
Predecessor	Korea Railway
Successor	Korean State Railway; Korean National Railroad
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in); 762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Electrification	3000 V DC (1,435 mm)

The Chōsen Government Railway (朝鮮總督府鐵道, Chōsen sōtokufu tetsudō) (Korean: 조선총독부 철도, romanized: Joseon Chongdokbu Cheoldo) was a state-owned railway company in Korea during Japanese rule. It was also colloquially known by the abbreviated name Sentetsu (鮮鐵). It was the operational division of the Railway Bureau of the Government-General of Chōsen (朝鮮總督府鐵道局, Chōsen sōtokufu tetsudōkyoku, Korean: 철도국; RR: Cheoldoguk), which managed and operated railways in Chōsen, as well as supervised privately owned railway companies.

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