Gyeongwon Line

The Gyeongwon Line is a railway line serving northeastern Gyeonggi Province in South Korea. The line is operated by Korail. The name of the line came from Gyeongseong (Seoul) and Wonsan, the original terminus of the line, in what is now North Korea.

History

One of the first construction projects undertaken by the Railway Bureau of the Government General of Korea was for an east−west trunk line to connect Keijō to the important port of Wonsan. The Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) opened the line in several stages between 1911 and 1914. The first section of mainline to be electrified by Sentetsu was also along the Gyeongwon Line, with the Pokkye−Gosan section being energised on 27 March 1944, as part of a plan made jointly with the South Manchuria Railway for an electrified railway all the way from Busan to Xinjing, capital of Manchukuo.

After the partition of Korea following the end of the Pacific War in 1945, the Gyeongwon Line was split along the 38th parallel between the stations of Hantangang and Choseongni. The railways in both South and North were nationalised, and the newly-established Korean National Railroad took over operation of the truncated Gyeongwon Line, from Seoul to Choseongni; in the North, the Korean State Railway merged its section of the Gyeongwon Line, Choseong-ri−Wonsan, with the Wonsan−Gowon section of the former Hamgyeong Line to create the Gangwon Line. As part of the program, in the outskirts of Seoul, a long avoiding line was built from Kwangwoon University to Mangu on the Jungang Line, called the Mangu Line, which opened on December 30, 1963.

{| class="wikitable"

! Section !! Length !! Electrified rail operation commenced

| Cheongnyangni–Kwangwoon Univ. ||align="right"| 5.6 km || August 15, 1974

| Yongsan–Cheongnyangni ||align="right"| 12.6 km || December 9, 1978

| Seongbuk–Chang-dong ||align="right"| 3.6 km || April 25, 1985

| Chang-dong–Uijeongbu ||align="right"| 9.4 km || September 2, 1986

| Uijeongbu–Ganeung then Uijeongbu Bukbu ||align="right"| 1.2 km || October 5, 1987

| Ganeung–Soyosan ||align="right"| 23.2 km || December 15, 2006

| Soyosan-Yeoncheon ||align="right"| 20.87 km || December 16, 2023

Altogether of the line was electrified, and was double-tracked.

In 2012 restoration of the line was completed between Sintan-ri and Baengmagoji.

On December 16, 2023, a single-line railway between Soyosan and Yeoncheon opened on the Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line 1.

Route

A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%"

! rowspan="2" | Distance (km)

! rowspan="2" | Interstation Distance (km)

! rowspan="2" | Original Name

! colspan="2" | Seoul Subway Line 1

! rowspan="2" | Opened

! rowspan="2" | Connections

! rowspan="2" | Notes

| 0.0

| Yongsan 용산 (龍山)

| colspan="2" rowspan="8" |Only Gyeongui–Jungang Line trains stop here.

Line 1 trains use the Gyeongbu Line to Seoul Station, where it then continues via the to Cheongnyangni.

| 15 October 1911

| Gyeongbu Line Yongsan Line Seoul Subway Line 1

| 1.9

| Ichon 이촌 (二村)

| 9 December 1978

| Seoul Subway Line 4

| 3.6

| 1.7

| Seobinggo 서빙고 (西氷庫)

| 1 October 1917

| <del>7.7</del>

| <del>4.1</del>

| <del>Sucheolli</del> <del>수천리</del>

| 15 October 1911

| Closed 1944

| 5.5

| 1.9

| Hannam 한남 (漢南)

| 1 April 1980

| 7.1

| 1.6

| Oksu 옥수 (玉水)

| rowspan="2" | 9 September 1978

| Seoul Subway Line 3

| 8.9

| 1.8

| Eungbong 응봉 (鷹峰)

| Formerly Seongsu 성수 (聖水) renamed 10 July 1980

| 10.4

| 2.7

| Wangsimni 왕십리 (往十里)

| rowspan="2" | 15 October 1911

| Seoul Subway Line 2 Seoul Subway Line 5 Suin–Bundang Line

| 12.7

| 2.4

| Cheongnyangni 청량리 (淸凉里)

| Jungang Line Seoul Subway Line 1 Gyeongchun Line

| 14.1

| 1.4

| Hoegi 회기 (回基)

| 1 April 1980

| Gyeongchun Line Gyeongui–Jungang Line

| 14.9

| 0.8

| Hankuk Univ. of Foreign Studies 외대앞 (外大앞)

| 15 August 1974

| Formerly Hwigyeong 휘경 (徽慶) renamed 1 January 1996

| 15.7

| 0.8

| Sinimun 신이문 (新里門)

| 5 January 1980

| 17.1

| 1.4

| Seokgye 석계 (石溪)

| 14 January 1985

| Seoul Subway Line 6

| 18.2

| 5.5

| Kwangwoon Univ. 광운대 (光云大)

| 25 July 1939

| current and former Gyeongchun Lines

| Was Yeonchon 연촌 (硯村) until May 3, 1963 where it was renamed to Seongbuk (城北) and renamed to current name February 25, 2013

| 19.3

| 1.1

| Wolgye 월계 (月溪)

| rowspan="2" | 22 August 1985

| 20.7

| 1.4

| Nokcheon 녹천 (鹿川)

| 21.7

| 1.0

| Chang-dong 창동 (倉洞)

| 15 October 1911

| Seoul Subway Line 4

| 23.4

| 1.7

| Banghak 방학 (放鶴)

| rowspan="3" | 2 September 1986

| 24.7

| 1.3

| Dobong 도봉 (道峰)

| 25.9

| 1.2

| Dobongsan 도봉산 (道峰山)

| Seoul Subway Line 7

| Formerly Nuwon 누원 (樓阮) renamed 1 January 1988

| 28.2

| 2.3

| Mangwolsa 망월사 (望月寺)

| 21 June 1966

| 29.6

| 1.4

| Hoeryong 회룡 (回龍)

| 2 September 1986

| U Line

| 31.2

| 1.6

| Uijeongbu 의정부 (議政府)

| 15 October 1911

| 32.4

| 1.2

| Ganeung 가능 (佳陵)

| 5 October 1987

| Formerly Uijeongbu Bukbu 의정부북부 (議政府北部) renamed 15 December 2006

| 33.7

| 3.1

| Nogyang 녹양 (綠楊)

| 15 December 2006

| 35.3

| 1.6

| Yangju 양주 (楊州)

| 25 December 1948

| Formerly Junae 주내 (州內) renamed 28 December 2007

| 37.5

| 2.2

| Majeon Signal Area 마전신호장 (麻田信号場)

| rowspan="2" | 15 December 2006

| 40.6

| 5.3

| Deokgye 덕계 (德溪)

| 43.5

| 2.9

| Deokjeong 덕정 (德亭)

| 15 October 1911

| 49.1

| 5.6

| Jihaeng 지행 (紙杏)

| 30 January 2005

| 50.1

| 1.0

| Dongducheon Jungang 동두천중앙 (東豆川中央)

| 1 February 1955

| Was Eosu-dong 어수동 (御水洞) until October 2, 1984 where it was renamed to Dongducheon 동두천 (東豆川) and renamed to current name on December 15, 2006

| 51.5

| 1.4

| Bosan 보산 (保山)

| 15 December 2006

| 53.1

| 1.6

| Dongducheon 동두천 (東豆川)

| 25 July 1912

| Dongducheon 동두천 (東豆川) until October 2, 1984 where it was renamed to Dong-an 동안 (東安) and renamed to current name on December 15, 2006

| 55.5

| 2.4

| Soyosan 소요산 (逍遙山)

| 11 January 1976

| 61.3

| 5.8

| Cheongsan 청산 (靑山)

| 10 September 1953

| Originally opened 5 October 1950 as a UN munitions facility. Formerly named Choseong-ri until 21 November 2023.

| <del>62.7</del>

| <del>3.0</del>

| <del>Hantangang 한탄강 (漢灘江)</del>

| 28 June 1975

| In DPRK until 1953. Reopened 1975, permanently closed 21 November 2023.

| 64.6

| 3.3

| Jeongok 전곡 (全谷)

| rowspan="2" | 25 July 1912

| rowspan="2" | In DPRK to 1953

| 73.3

| 8.7

| Yeoncheon 연천 (漣川)

| bgcolor="#F7FE2E" | 77.3

| bgcolor="#F7FE2E" | 4.0

| Sinmang-ri 신망리 (新望里)

| 21 August 1956

| bgcolor="#F7FE2E" | 84.3

| bgcolor="#F7FE2E" | 7.0

| Daegwang-ri 대광리 (大光里)

| 21 October 1912

| rowspan="2" | In DPRK to 1953

| bgcolor="#F7FE2E" | 88.7

| bgcolor="#F7FE2E" | 4.4

| Sintan-ri 신탄리 (新炭里)

| 10 July 1913

| bgcolor="#F7FE2E" | 94.3

| bgcolor="#F7FE2E" | 5.6

| Baengmagoji 백마고지 (白馬高地)

| 20 November 2012

! bgcolor="#BDBDBD" |Section north of Baengmagoji closed

| bgcolor="#F7FE2E" | <del>98.1</del>

| bgcolor="#F7FE2E" | <del>3.7</del>

| <del>Cheorwon</del> <del>철원 (鉄原)</del>

| 21 October 1912

| former Geumgangsan Line

| In DPRK to 1953. Closed.

| bgcolor="#F7FE2E" | <del>103.1</del>

| bgcolor="#F7FE2E" | <del>5.0</del>

| <del>Woljeong-ri</del> <del>월정리 (月井里)</del>

| 10 July 1913

| In DPRK to 1953. Closed. Since restored as a museum.

! bgcolor="#BDBDBD" |Demilitarized Zone

| bgcolor="#F7FE2E" | <del>113.1</del>

| bgcolor="#F7FE2E" | <del>10.0</del>

| <del>Gagok 가곡 (佳谷)</del>

| In DPRK. Closed.

! bgcolor="#BDBDBD" |Section north of Pyeonggang part of Korean State Railway's Kangwon Line

| 119.9

| 6.8

| Pyeonggang 평강 (平康)

| Kangwon Line

References

Bibliography

Japanese Government Railways (1937), 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, pp 495–496

Gyeongwon Line

History

Route

See also

References

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