Gyeongchun Line

The Gyeongchun Line is a regional rail line between Seoul and Chuncheon, South Korea, operated by Korail. Its name is derived from Gyeongseong (, meaning the capital, Seoul) and Chuncheon. It was completely reconstructed in the 2000s. Service on it has operated between Sangbong station on the Jungang Line in eastern Seoul and Chuncheon station, as part of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway system, since December 21, 2010. A class of regional rail service named ITX-Cheongchun began operations on February 28, 2012, linking Chuncheon to Cheongnyangni and Yongsan Stations.

History

The original Gyeongchun Line was opened along its full length of between Kwangwoon University on the Gyeongwon Line to Chuncheon by the privately owned Gyeongchun Railway on 20 July 1939. Chuncheon was the most popular destination for students on orientation trips, bringing passengers to the line. Between Geumgok and Chuncheon, from 1997 until 2010, the line was re-laid in a straighter, 64.2 km long alignment with a budget of 2.151,931 billion won. The remaining 17.9 km of the upgraded line was built with a separate budget of 574.124 billion won. Towards Seoul, after Toegyewon station, this section of the new line diverges from the old alignment that ended in Seongbuk, and connects to the Jungang Line at Mangu station.

thumb|Upgrade of Gyeongchun Line (Former alignment with red line and current alignment with blue line)|250px

On September 1, 2010, the South Korean government announced a strategic plan to reduce travel times from Seoul to 95% of the country to under 2 hours by 2020. As part of the plan, the Gyeongchun Line is to be further upgraded for 230 km/h and may see KTX service. For the longer term, the government also considers to build a parallel high-speed line that would continue beyond Chuncheon to Sokcho on South Korea's east coast.

Services

Seoul Metropolitan Subway Gyeongchun Line

When the new Gyeongchun Line was opened on December 21, 2010, passenger service was integrated into the Seoul Metropolitan Subway system as a name of Seoul Metropolitan Subway Gyeongchun Line (수도권 전철 경춘선). It brings that the system from Seoul all the way into Gangwon Province. The base fare is 9,800 won between Chuncheon and Yongsan, but Korail offers 15% discount at all time resulting price of 8,300 won. Basic discount rate was 30% until July 31, 2016, 25% until July 31, 2018, 15% since August 1, 2018.

Mugunghwa service

Some special Mugunghwa trains which deploy military troops takes the Gyeongchun Line.

Service Route

Current Services

Main Line

The following stations are along the Gyeongui-Jungang Line and the Gyeongchun Line itself.

The negative sign is only a convention for distance notation from Sangbong Station, the terminus of most services.

thumb|Abandoned platform of Singongdeok station, Gyeongchun line

Current Routes

Sangbong — Chuncheon (most trains)
Cheongnyangni — Chuncheon (selected trains)
Chuncheon — Kwangwoon Univ (limited service)
Yongsan — Chuncheon (ITX Cheongchun)

Stations

{| class="wikitable"

!rowspan="2"| Station number

!colspan="3"|Station name

!rowspan="2"| ITX-Cheongchun (Limited Express)

!rowspan="2"| Express

!rowspan="2"| Local

!rowspan="2" colspan="3"| Transfer

!rowspan="2"| Line name

! Station dist.

! Total dist.

!colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Location

!Romanized

!Hangul

!Hanja

!colspan="2"| in km

|- style = "background:#; height: 2pt"

| colspan = "15" |

| style="text-align: center;" | K117

| Cheongnyangni

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|●

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|style="color:white;background-color:#; width: 1pt" rowspan="4"|

|rowspan="4" style="width:60px;"|Gyeongui–Jungang

| Mugunghwa-ho, ITX-Saemaeul and Nuriro services

| rowspan=5 style="text-align: center;" | Jungang Line

| style="text-align: center;" | ---

| style="text-align: center;" | -4.0

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" |Seoul

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Dongdaemun-gu

| style="text-align: center;" | K118

| Hoegi

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>

|style="text-align:center;"|●

|style="text-align:center;"|○

| style="text-align: center;" | 1.4

| style="text-align: center;" | -2.6

| style="text-align: center;" | K119

| Jungnang

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>

|style="text-align:center;"|○

| style="text-align: center;" | 1.8

| style="text-align: center;" | -0.8

| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |Jungnang District

| style="text-align: center;" | K120

| Sangbong

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|▲

|style="text-align:center;"|●

| Mangu Line branch trains 100x12px|link=KTX

| style="text-align: center;" | 0.8

| style="text-align: center;" | 0.0

| style="text-align: center;" | K121

| Mangu

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>

|style="text-align:center;"|●

| colspan="3" |

| style="text-align: center;" | 0.6

| style="text-align: center;" | P122

| Sinnae

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>

|style="text-align:center;"|●

| colspan="3" |

| rowspan = "19" style="text-align: center;" | Gyeongchun Line

| style="text-align: center;" | 2.1

| style="text-align: center;" | 2.7

| style="text-align: center;" | P123

| Galmae

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>

|style="text-align:center;"|●

| colspan="3" |

| style="text-align: center;" | 2.6

| style="text-align: center;" | 5.3

| rowspan = "12" style="text-align: center;" | Gyeonggi Province

| style="text-align: center;" | Guri-si

| style="text-align: center;" | P124

| Byeollae

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>

|style="text-align:center;"|●

| colspan="3" |

| style="text-align: center;" | 1.4

| style="text-align: center;" | 6.7

| rowspan = "7" style="text-align: center;" | Namyangju

| style="text-align: center;" | P125

| Toegyewon

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|▲

|style="text-align:center;"|●

| colspan="3" |

| style="text-align: center;" | 1.6

| style="text-align: center;" | 8.3

| style="text-align: center;" | P126

| Sareung

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|▲

|style="text-align:center;"|●

| colspan="3" |

| style="text-align: center;" | 3.3

| style="text-align: center;" | 11.6

| style="text-align: center;" | P127

| Geumgok

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>

|style="text-align:center;"|●

| colspan="3" |

| style="text-align: center;" | 3.6

| style="text-align: center;" | 15.2

| style="text-align: center;" | P128

| Pyeongnaehopyeong

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|style="text-align:center;"|●

| colspan="3" |

| style="text-align: center;" | 4.0

| style="text-align: center;" | 19.2

| style="text-align: center;" | P129

| Cheonmasan

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>

|style="text-align:center;"|●

| colspan="3" |

| style="text-align: center;" | 4.2

| style="text-align: center;" | 23.4

| style="text-align: center;" | P130

| Maseok

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|▲

|style="text-align:center;"|●

| colspan="3" |

| style="text-align: center;" | 2.2

| style="text-align: center;" | 25.6

| style="text-align: center;" | P131

| Daeseong-ri

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>

|style="text-align:center;"|●

| colspan="3" |

| style="text-align: center;" | 7.4

| style="text-align: center;" | 33.0

| rowspan = "4" style="text-align: center;" | Gapyeong County

| style="text-align: center;" | P132

| Cheongpyeong

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|style="text-align:center;"|●

| colspan="3" |

| style="text-align: center;" | 7.5

| style="text-align: center;" | 40.5

| style="text-align: center;" | P133

| Sangcheon

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>

|style="text-align:center;"|●

| colspan="3" |

| style="text-align: center;" | 4.8

| style="text-align: center;" | 45.3

| style="text-align: center;" | P134

| Gapyeong

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|●

| colspan="3" |

| style="text-align: center;" | 7.1

| style="text-align: center;" | 52.4

| style="text-align: center;" | P135

| Gulbongsan

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>

|style="text-align:center;"|●

| colspan="3" |

| style="text-align: center;" | 4.7

| style="text-align: center;" | 57.1

| rowspan = "6" style="text-align: center;" | Gangwon Province

| rowspan = "6" style="text-align: center;" | Chuncheon

| style="text-align: center;" | P136

| Baegyang-ri

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>

|style="text-align:center;"|●

| colspan="3" |

| style="text-align: center;" | 2.9

| style="text-align: center;" | 60.0

| style="text-align: center;" | P137

| Gangchon

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|○

|style="text-align:center;"|●

| colspan="3" |

| style="text-align: center;" | 5.3

| style="text-align: center;" | 65.3

| style="text-align: center;" | P138

| Gimyujeong

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>

|style="text-align:center;"|●

| colspan="3" |

| style="text-align: center;" | 7.4

| style="text-align: center;" | 72.7

| style="text-align: center;" | P139

| Namchuncheon

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|●

| colspan="3" |

| style="text-align: center;" | 5.9

| style="text-align: center;" | 78.6

| style="text-align: center;" | P140

| Chuncheon

| ||

|style="text-align:center;"|●

| colspan="3" |

| style="text-align: center;" | 2.7

| style="text-align: center;" | 81.3

|- style = "background:#; height: 2pt"

| colspan = "15" |

| colspan = "15" |ITX-Cheongchun: Intercity Train Express, Cheongchun

●: regular stop
▲: limited service (weekdays only)
○: limited service
<nowiki>|</nowiki> : all trains pass

Mangu Line Branch (very limited service)

{| class="wikitable"

!rowspan="2"| Station number

! colspan="3" |Station name

!rowspan="2"| Transfer

!rowspan="2"| Line name

! Station dist.

! Total dist.

!colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Location

!English

!Hangul

!Hanja

!colspan="2"| in km

| style="text-align: center;" | 119

|Kwangwoon University

|||

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Mangu Line

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | -4.3

| rowspan="4" style="text-align: center;" |Seoul

| rowspan="1" style="text-align: center;" |Nowon District

| style="text-align: center;" | K120

|Sangbong

|||

| 100x12px|link=KTX

| style="text-align: center;" | 0.0

| rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | 4.3

|Jungnang District

thumb|Seoul Metropolitan Subway Gyeongchun Line

Former alignment

thumb|Trestle on the old Gyeongchun Line

{| class="wikitable"

!colspan="3"|Station name

!rowspan="2"| Connecting services

!rowspan="2"| Station type

!Romanized

!Hangul

!Hanja

|Kwangwoon Univ.

| via Gyeongwon

|Aboveground

|Singongdeok

|Aboveground

|Hwarangdae

|Aboveground

|Toegyewon

| ||

|Aboveground

|Sareung

| ||

|Aboveground

|Geumgok

| ||

|Aboveground

|Pyeongnaehopyeong

| ||

|Aboveground

|Maseok

| ||

|Aboveground

|Daeseong-ri

| ||

|Aboveground

|Cheongpyeong

| ||

|Aboveground

|Sangcheon

| ||

|Aboveground

|Gapyeong

| ||

|Aboveground

|Gulbongsan

| ||

|Aboveground

|Baegyang-ri

| ||

|Aboveground

|Gangchon

| ||

|Aboveground

|Gimyujeong

| ||

|Aboveground

|Namchuncheon

| ||

|Aboveground

|Chuncheon

| ||

|Aboveground

|Gosangjeon

| ||

|Aboveground

References

External links

Korail

History

Services

Seoul Metropolitan Subway Gyeongchun Line

Mugunghwa service

Service Route

Current Services

Main Line

Current Routes

Stations

Mangu Line Branch (very limited service)

Former alignment

See also

References

External links