thumb|Southbound freight on the Gyeongbuk Line, south of Jeomchon Station

The Gyeongbuk Line () is a railway line serving North Gyeongsang Province in South Korea. The line runs from Gimcheon on the Gyeongbu Line via Sangju, Jeomchon (junction with the Mungyeong Line), and Yecheon to Yeongju on the Jungang Line.

History

Construction of the line was begun by the privately owned Chosen Industrial Railway; however, before the line was finished, that company merged with five others to create the Chosen Railway (Chōtetsu) in 1923, and it was the new company which completed the first section of the line, opening the Gimcheon–Sangju section on 1 October 1924, followed by the Sangju–Jeomchon section on 25 December. Chōtetsu then extended the line in several stages, first reaching Yecheon on 1 November 1928, then reaching Gyeongbuk Andong on 16 October 1931; however, the latter section was dismantled in 1944 to use the material elsewhere as Japan's military faced material shortages during the Pacific War. Under the program, the Gyeongbuk Line was extended to Yeongju, to create a connection both with the Jungang Line and the Yeongdong Line, allowing the transport of coal from the latter.

Route

{|class=wikitable

! Station

! Hangul

! Hanja

! Connecting lines

! Station<br/>distance

! Line<br/>distance

|-

|Gimcheon

| 김천

| 金泉

|Gyeongbu Line

| 0.0

| 0.0

|-

| <s>Acheon</s>

| 아천

| 牙川

| closed 1994

| 7.7

| <s>7.7</s>

|-

| <s>Duwon</s>

| 두원

| 杜院

| closed 2006

| 5.1

| <s>12.8</s>

|-

| Oksan

| 옥산

| 玉山

|

| 20.0

| 20.0

|-

| Cheongni

| 청리

| 靑里

|

| 7.1

| 27.1

|-

| Sangju

| 상주

| 尙州

|

| 8.9

| 36.0

|-

| Baekwon

| 백원

| 白元

|

| 8.4

| 44.4

|-

| <s>Yangjeong</s>

| 양정

| 楊亭

| closed 2006

| 3.5

| <s>47.9</s>

|-

| Hamchang

| 함창

| 咸昌

|

| 11.4

| 55.8

|-

| Jeomchon

| 점촌

| 店村

| Mungyeong Line

| 4.2

| 60.0

|-

| <s>Sanyang</s>

| 산양

| 山陽

| closed 2001

| 5.4

| <s>65.4</s>

|-

| Yonggung

| 용궁

| 龍宮

|

| 6.9

| 66.9

|-

| <s>Songam</s>

| 송암

| 松岩

| closed 1974

| 2.7

| <s>69.6</s>

|-

| Gaepo

| 개포

| 開浦

|

| 6.4

| 73.3

|-

| <s>Yulhyeon</s>

| 율현

| 栗峴

| closed 2001

| 3.4

| <s>76.7</s>

|-

| <s>Gadong</s>

| 가동

| 佳洞

| closed 2001

| 3.0

| <s>79.7</s>

|-

| Yecheon

| 예천

| 醴泉

|

| 11.7

| 85.0

|-

| <s>Dongyecheon</s>

| 동예천

| 東醴泉

| closed 1974

| 1.6

| <s>86.6</s>

|-

| <s>Gopyeong</s>

| 고평

| 高坪

| closed 2001<br/><small>former Gyeongbuk Line</small>

| 2.7

| <s>89.3</s>

|-

| <s>Misan</s>

| 미산

| 眉山

| closed 2001

| 4.5

| <s>93.8</s>

|-

| <s>Bomun</s>

| 보문

| 普門

| closed 2001

| 1.3

| <s>95.1</s>

|-

| <s>Jangsan</s>

| 장산

| 獐山

| closed 1974

| 3.2

| <s>98.3</s>

|-

| Eodeung

| 어등

| 魚登

|

| 16.4

| 101.4

|-

| <s>Miryong</s>

| 미룡

| 美龍

| closed 2001

| 4.0

| <s>105.6</s>

|-

| <s>Bangu</s>

| 반구

| 盤邱

| closed 2001

| 2.7

| <s>108.3</s>

|-

|Yeongju

| 영주

| 榮州

| 100x12px|link=KTX Jungang Line<br>Yeongdong Line

| 13.6

| 115.0

|}

See also

  • Korail

References

  • Korail