South Manchuria Railway Zone
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Rail network of Manchukuo in 1945, South Manchuria railway shown in red. | |
| Overview | |
| Other name | SMR Zone |
| Native name | 南満州鉄道附属地 |
| Status | Defunct |
| Owner | Empire of Japan |
| Locale | Manchuria |
| Termini | |
| Stations | 25 |
| Service | |
| Type | Regional rail |
| System | CER |
| Operator(s) | South Manchuria Railway Company, Ltd. |
| History | |
| Opened | 5 September 1905 |
| Closed | 1937 |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 1,100 km (680 mi) |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 南滿洲鐵道附屬地 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 南满洲铁道附属地 | ||||||||
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| Japanese name | |||||||||
| Kanji | 南満州鉄道附属地 | ||||||||
| Hiragana | みなみまんしゅうてつどうふぞくち | ||||||||
| Katakana | ミナミマンシュウテツドウフゾクチ | ||||||||
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The South Manchuria Railway Zone (Japanese: 南満州鉄道附属地, romanized: Minami Manshū Tetsudō Fuzoku-chi; simplified Chinese: 南满洲铁道附属地; traditional Chinese: 南滿洲鐵道附屬地; pinyin: Nán Mǎnzhōu Tiědào Fùshǔ-dì; Wade–Giles: Nan2 Man3-chou1 Tʻieh3-tao4 Fu4-shu3-ti4) or SMR Zone, was the area of Japanese extraterritorial rights in northeast China, in connection with the operation of the South Manchurian Railway.