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Temporary Military Railway Office
Logo: 2Q, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3
1904–1906 organization in colonial Korea
The Temporary Military Railway Office (Japanese: 臨時軍用鐵道監部, Rinji Gun'yō Tetsudō Kanbu; Korean: 임시 군용 철도 감부, Imsi Gunyong Cheoldo Ganbu), was a pseudo-corporate entity established by the Imperial Japanese Army to build and operate the Gyeongui Line railway from Gyeongseong (today: Seoul) to Sinuiju. It opened the second railway line on the Korean Peninsula in April 1906, and was nationalised to create the National Railway in September of the same year.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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The Temporary Military Railway Office (Japanese: 臨時軍用鐵道監部, Rinji Gun'yō Tetsudō Kanbu; Korean: 임시 군용 철도 감부, Imsi Gunyong Cheoldo Ganbu), was a pseudo-corporate entity established by the Imperial Japanese Army to build and operate the Gyeongui Line railway from Gyeongseong (today: Seoul) to Sinuiju. It opened the second railway line on the Korean Peninsula in April 1906, and was nationalised to create the National Railway in September of the same year.2
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- WikipediaTemporary Military Railway
- WikidataQ47498488
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- 3Wikimedia CommonsTemporary Military Railway Office logo by 2Q, CC BY-SA 4.0